Wilkerson, M.D., Ru, Y., and Brendel, V.P. (2009) Common introns within orthologous genes: software and application to plants Briefings in Bioinformatics, 10(6), 631-644. [abstract] [PDF]
PlantGDB News:Community-annotated maize gene models (see an example at ZmGDB) are now displayed at both MaizeGDB and maizesequence.org, by means of Distributed Annotation Service (DAS) (November 21, 2009).
Brachypodium distachyon browser: BdGDB, a genome browser for the model grass species Brachypodium distachyon, is now available, based on the JGI v1.0 8x genome assembly. The assembly displayed comprises 271.15 Mb arranged in 5 pseudochromosomes. Display includes gene models, splice-aligned EST, cDNA, PUT assembly and Arabidopsis and rice predicted proteins (October 30, 2009).
... was created with the proceeds of a gift made throught the estates of Karl and Anne Bergdahl and is awarded to an ISU faculty member upon appointment by the President.
Karl Bergdahl earned a bachelor of science degree from Iowa State College in ceramic engineering in 1931. He lived in Des Moines from 1931 until his death February 25, 2001, at the age of 96. He worked as a civil engineer with Deere & Company. His wife, Anne, preceded him in death.