Abstract
Tomato and eucalyptus represent key species with great potential for conducting genomic research. With the aims of understanding their genetic systems, we decided to participate in the multinational tomato genome sequencing project, and also launched on a large-scale eucalypt genome analysis. The tomato genome is comprised of 950Mbp of DNA. The majority of genes are found in the 250Mbp euchromatin. In the tomato genome sequencing project, minimal tiling path of BAC clones on the euchromatin is going to be sequenced. Our allotted task is to sequence the chromosome 8. As of Nov. 2005, sequencing of nine clones has been finished. The genome size of eucalyptus is estimated to be 650Mbp. The Whole Genome Shotgun (WGS) sequencing strategy was applied to produce the draft sequence. To date, two million WGS reads have been produced. We are going to report the current status of genome projects of tomato and eucalyptus.
