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Soybean Functional Genomics: Bridging the Genotype-to-Phenotype Gap

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The Soybean Genome

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Technological advances coupled with the economic importance of soybean have led to increased efforts to understand gene function and associate genes with phenotypes of agronomic and fundamental interest. Functional genomics approaches aim to develop sufficient understanding needed to bridge the genotype-to-phenotype gap. In general terms, functional genomics approaches begin by using highly parallelized methods to analyze genomes, transcriptomes, proteomes, and metabolomes to generate hypotheses about genes that control phenotypes. Candidate genes are then tested for their contributions to phenotypes through various methods such as RNA silencing, genetic mutation, or overexpression. In this chapter, we review the current approaches, tools, and resources that are being applied for functional genomics research in soybean.

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This work was supported by USDA-ARS Project 3625-21220-005-00D, the Iowa Soybean Association, the United Soybean Board Project Number 1204, USDA NIFA Hatch Project 3808, and State of Iowa funds. The USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this article is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the US Department of Agriculture.

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O’Rourke, J.A., Graham, M.A., Whitham, S.A. (2017). Soybean Functional Genomics: Bridging the Genotype-to-Phenotype Gap. In: Nguyen, H., Bhattacharyya, M. (eds) The Soybean Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64198-0_10

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