Medicago truncatula: Genetic and Genomic Resources

Curr Protoc Plant Biol. 2017 Dec;2(4):318-349. doi: 10.1002/cppb.20058.

Abstract

Medicago truncatula was chosen by the legume community, along with Lotus japonicus, as a model plant to study legume biology. Since then, numerous resources and tools have been developed for M. truncatula. These include, for example, its genome sequence, core ecotype collections, transformation/regeneration methods, extensive mutant collections, and a gene expression atlas. This review aims to describe the different genetic and genomic tools and resources currently available for M. truncatula. We also describe how these resources were generated and provide all the information necessary to access these resources and use them from a practical point of view. © 2017 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Keywords: genetic diversity; genome sequence; genomics; insertion mutagenesis; medicago truncatula; mutagenesis.