As the fifth major cereal crop originated from Africa, sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) has become a key C4 model organism for energy plant research. With the development of high-throughput detection technologies for various omics data, much multi-dimensional and multi-omics information has been accumulated for sorghum. Integrating this information may accelerate genetic research and improve molecular breeding for sorghum agronomic traits. We updated the Sorghum Genome SNP Database (SorGSD) by adding new data, new features and renamed it to Sorghum Genome Science Database (SorGSD). In comparison with the original version SorGSD, which contains SNPs from 48 sorghum accessions mapped to the reference genome BTx623 (v2.1), the new version was expanded to 289 sorghum lines with both single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and small insertions/deletions (INDELs), which were aligned to the newly assembled and annotated sorghum genome BTx623 (v3.1). Moreover, phenotypic data and panicle pictures of critical accessions were provided in the new version. We implemented new tools including ID Conversion, Homologue Search and Genome Browser for analysis and updated the general information related to sorghum research, such as online sorghum resources and literature references. In addition, we deployed a new database infrastructure and redesigned a new user interface as one of the Genome Variation Map databases. The new version SorGSD is freely accessible online at http://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/sorgsd/ . SorGSD is a comprehensive integration with large-scale genomic variation, phenotypic information and incorporates online data analysis tools for data mining, genome navigation and analysis. We hope that SorGSD could provide a valuable resource for sorghum researchers to find variations they are interested in and generate customized high-throughput datasets for further analysis.

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SorGSD：用新的内容和工具更新和扩展高粱基因组科学数据库

作为起源于非洲的第五大谷物作物，高粱（Sorghum bicolor）已成为能源植物研究的关键C4模式生物。随着各种组学数据的高通量检测技术的发展，高粱积累了大量的多维、多组学信息。整合这些信息可能会加速基因研究并改善高粱农艺性状的分子育种。我们通过添加新数据、新功能并将其重命名为高粱基因组科学数据库 (SorGSD) 来更新高粱基因组 SNP 数据库 (SorGSD)。与原始版本 SorGSD 相比，SorGSD 包含来自 48 个高粱种质的 SNP，这些 SNP 映射到参考基因组 BTx623 (v2.1)，新版本扩展到 289 个具有单核苷酸多态性 (SNP) 和小插入/缺失 (INDEL) 的高粱品系，它们与新组装和注释的高粱基因组 BTx623 (v3.1) 对齐。此外，新版本还提供了关键种质的表型数据和穗图。我们实施了包括 ID 转换、同源搜索和基因组浏览器在内的新工具进行分析，并更新了与高粱研究相关的一般信息，例如在线高粱资源和参考文献。此外，我们部署了一个新的数据库基础设施，并重新设计了一个新的用户界面，作为基因组变异图数据库之一。新版 SorGSD 可在 http://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/sorgsd/ 在线免费获取。SorGSD 是与大规模基因组变异的综合集成，表型信息，并结合了用于数据挖掘、基因组导航和分析的在线数据分析工具。我们希望 SorGSD 可以为高粱研究人员提供有价值的资源，以找到他们感兴趣的变异并生成定制的高通量数据集以供进一步分析。