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Brachypodium distachyon Resource
Centre for Genomics
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Brachypodium distachyon – Collections of mutants Bd21-3 –
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Contacts :
Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech
Bâtiment 2
INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon
Route de St-Cyr (RD10)
78026 Versailles Cedex France
tél : +33 (0)1 30 83 30 00 - fax : +33 (0)1
30 83 30 99
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Group leader
Richard Sibout
Research Scientist
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Oumaya
Bouchabké-Coussa
Engineer
Genetic transformation of Brachipodium distachon
, projet CARBIO
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Camille Soulhat
Technician
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Marion
Dalmais
Engineer
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Sébastien
Antelme
Technician " Brachypodium "
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Summary
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Features
of Brachypodium :
Brachypodium distachyon (Brachypodium) is a grass (Pooideae)
originating from East and Middle East. This plant is common in the Medditerranean
region.
Brachypodium distachyon holds the following characteristics:
- A small size(20-30 centimeters)
- A short life cycle (3 months)
- A small genome of 272 Mb (60 fold smaller than wheat' genome), fully
sequenced by the « US Department Of Energy ».
- Autogamous
- A large genetic variability
- Easily transformed by Agrobacterium.
Parentship of Brachypodium
distachyon with some cultivated grasses, see the phylogenic tree
of the Poaceae family. (pdf)
Brachypodium distachyon genetic
ressources are developped at Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB).
Setting of the brachypodium mutant collection was supported by ALICE,
CELLWALL, RENEWALL, PHENOWALL and 3Bcar
projects.
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Objectives :
Development
of a 20 000 mutants collection of Bd21-3. 6000 families of
mutants are used to tille genes of interest. We screened 3000 mutants
with different methods.
Implementation of a natural accessions collection.
180 natural accessions originating mainly from Irak, Iran, Liban,
Turkey, Spain, Greece and France are produced at IJPB. In parallel,
we are developping Recombinant Inbred Lines populations (RILs).
Main
events :
First
European Brachypodium Workshop, 19-21 October 2011, Versailles,
INRA
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Selected Publications :
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