TABLE 1.1: Plant BAC libraries constructed by the authors and their associates using techniques described in this guide. Except where noted, 1C-genome sizes are from Arumuganathan and Earle (1991).

 

Species 'cultivar'

Genome size (Mb/1C)

Number of BAC clones

Mean insert size (kb)

Genome coverage

 

Reference

Arabidopsis thaliana 'Columbia'

100a

12,672

100

12.0

Choi et al. 1995

Carica papaya 'Sunup'

372

39,168

132

13.0

Ming et al., in prep.

Poncirus trifoliata 'Rubidoux'

382b

45,312

76

9.0

Yang et al. 1999

Glycine max 'P1437654'

1,115

73,728

136

8.7

Tomkins et al. 1999a

Glycine max 'A3244'

1,115

326,000

148

27.0

Tomkins et al. 2000a

Gossypium barbadense 'Pima S6'

2,895c

99,840

100

5.0

Abbey et al., in prep.

Gossypium hirsutum 'Maxxa'

2,246d

147,456

140

9.2

Tomkins et al., in prep.

Gossypium hirsutum Tamcot GCNH

2,246d

51,456

110

2.5

see CUGI website

Gossypium raimondii

1,255c

92,160

120

9.0

Peterson et al., in prep.

Hordeum vulgare 'Morex'

5,000

313,344

110

6.3

Yu et al. 1999

Solanum lycopersicum 'Heinz 1706'

954e

129,024

115

15.0

Budiman et al. submitted

Oryza sativa japonica 'Nipponbare'

427e

36,864

130

10.6

see CUGI website

Oryza sativa japonica 'Azucena'

427e

38,784

80

6.8

see CUGI website

Oryza sativa japonica 'Lemont'

427e

7,296

150

2.6

Zhang et al. 1996

Oryza sativa indica 'Tequing'

441e

14,208

130

4.4

Zhang et al. 1996

Saccharum officinarum 'R570'

3,076e

103,296

130

4.5

Tomkins et al. 1999b

Sorghum bicolor 'BTx623'

760e

13,440

130

2.6

Woo et al. 1994

Sorghum propinquum

760-835f

38,016

126

6.6

Lin et al. 2000

Triticum monococcum

5,751

276,480

115

5.6

Lijavetzky et al., 1999

Vitis vinifera 'Syrah'

483

55,296

135

16.0

Tomkins et al., in prep.

Zea mays 'LH132'

2,504e

422,400

120

20.2

Tomkins et al. 2000b

Zea mays 'B73'

2,504e

239,616

140

13.5

Tomkins et al. 2000c

Zea mays 'Mo17'

2,504e

150,000

120

20.2

Tomkins et al. 2000b

a Value from Goodman et al. (1995)

b Estimate based on genome size of Citrus sinensis (Arumaganathan and Earle 1991), a close relative of Poncirus trifoliata

c From Bennett et al. (1982)

d Mean of two values given for this species in Arumuganathan and Earle (1991)

e Median for a range of values given for this species in Arumuganathan and Earle (1991)

f K. Arumuganathan, personal communication