Overview
Chris Kubica, Technical Account Manager at Computomics, discusses the importance of pangenomes for modern plant breeding. He explains that traditional genomics relies on a single reference genome, which cannot capture the full genetic diversity of a species. This is a big problem in complex plant genomes, where major parts of breeding-line diversity can be absent from the standard reference. A pangenome combines multiple assemblies to represent more of a species’ variation and to unlock hard-to-find trait signals. Chris introduces Pantograph, Computomics’ “omics browser”, which allows users to visualize and explore structural variation and integrate diverse omics data such as gene expression and variant information.
Customers use Pantograph in different ways: some explore QTL regions interactively to identify causal variants, while others access backend functionalities to automate reports within their own workflows. Hear about current and planned capabilities in this informative and enjoyable episode!
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