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Maize, also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The leafy stalk of the plant produces separate pollen and ovuliferous inflorescences or ears, which are fruits, yielding kernels or seeds. Maize has become a staple food in many parts of the world, with total production surpassing that of wheat or rice. However, not all of this maize is consumed directly by humans. Some of the maize production is used for corn ethanol, animal feed and other maize products, such as corn starch and corn syrup. The six major types of corn are dent corn, flint corn, pod corn, popcorn, flour corn, and sweet corn.

Data

We used Zea_mays.AGPv4.38.gff3 and Zea_mays.AGPv4.dna.toplevel.fa from ensembl as the reference genome. The Isoseq data downloaded from NCBI were under project SRP067440. We used TAPIS pipeline to process these raw data.

Summary

From Iso-Seq data, we found 78,144 transcripts, 3005 novel genes and 212,759 Alternative Splicing events.

Reference

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize
• http://plants.ensembl.org/Zea_mays/Info/Index