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Book cover The Lotus japonicus Genome

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The objective of the National BioResource Project (NBRP) in Japan is to collect, conserve, and distribute biological materials for life sciences research. The project consortium of 28 core facilities of animal, plant, microorganisms, and DNA resources, and an information center. NBRP Lotus and Glycine aims to support the development of legume research through the collection, conservation, and distribution of these bioresources. Lotus japonicus is a perennial legume that grows naturally throughout Japan and is widely used as a model plant for legumes because of such advantages as its small genome size and short life cycle. Soybean (Glycine max) has been cultivated as an important crop since ancient times, and numerous research programs have generated a large amount of basic research information and valuable genetic resources for this crop. We have also developed “LegumeBase” a specialized database for the genera Lotus and Glycine and are maintaining this database as a part of the NBRP.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National BioResource Project of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Japan. We thank Dr. Yamazaki and the staff of the Genetic Informatics Laboratory at the National Institute of Genetics (NIG) for constructing and maintaining “LegumeBase.” In addition, we profoundly thank the Lotus and Glycine research communities for their cooperation and support of our project, NBRP in Lotus and Glycine.

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    Masatsugu Hashiguchi & Ryo Akashi

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Hashiguchi, M., Akashi, R. (2014). The National BioResource Project in Japan. In: Tabata, S., Stougaard, J. (eds) The Lotus japonicus Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44270-8_22

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