International Grape Genome Program
The International Grape Genomics Program (IGGP) is a collaborative genome project dedicated to determining the genome sequence of the grapevine Vitis vinifera. It is a multinational project involving research centers in Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain, and the United States.
The IGGP's main goals are to improve control, yield and quality in wine grape production via genetic modification.
Genome projects are scientific endeavours that ultimately aim to determine the complete genome sequence of an organism and to annotate protein-coding genes and other important genome-encoded features. The genome sequence of an organism includes the collective DNA sequences of each chromosome in the organism. For a bacterium containing a single chromosome, a genome project will aim to map the sequence of that chromosome. For the human species, whose genome includes 22 pairs of autosomes and 2 sex chromosomes, a complete genome sequence will involve 46 separate chromosome sequences.
When printed, the human genome sequence fills around 100 huge books of close print
L1 Dominette 01449, the Hereford who serves as the subject of the Bovine Genome Project
The Giant Sequoia genome sequence was extracted from a single fertilized seed harvested from a 1,360-year-old tree in Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park.
