SysBioCrops: An R package for Systems Biological Analysis of Complex Plant Genomes

Abstract

Current advances in R programming tool has made it the computer programming language of choice for most biostatistical and bioinformatic analysis. To date, there is no comprehensive R package available for analysis of OMICS data, although advances in sequencing and online databases. SysBioCrops is the first R package that compiles existing packages and adds new features to provide user friendly OMICS data analysis tool for the plant breeding community.

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SysBioCrops: An R package for Systems Biological Analysis of Complex
Plant Genomes
Author of correspondence:
Kidist Kibret
Address: Agronomix Software Inc. 2nd Floor, 427 Academy Road, Winnipeg Manitoba CANADA
Email: Kidist.kibret@gmail.com
Abstract
Current advances in R programming tool has made it the computer programming language of choice for
most biostatistical and bioinformatic analysis. To date, there is no comprehensive R package available
for analysis of OMICS data, although advances in sequencing and online databases. SysBioCrops is the
first R package that compiles existing packages and adds new features to provide user friendly OMICS
data analysis tool for the plant breeding community.
Keywords: Biological networks, plant breeding, Brassica napus, transcriptome, phenome, metabolome,
Quantitative Trait Loci
Protocol:
1. Preprocessing SNP, transcriptome, metabolic and phenome data
2. Integration of the biological networks
3. Image and summary table generation
4. Linkage to online OMICS databases
5. Data mining
Examples:
Complex multifunctional gene expression networks influence seedling development and vigor in
Brassica napus

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