Synteny Analysis and Visualization of Gene Clusters.

Abstract

As the cost of genome sequencing continues to decline, an increasing number of plant genomes are being sequenced and assembled. This progress allows for the comparison of synteny and microsynteny among genomes and gene clusters across various species, facilitating the exploration of their evolutionary relationships.In this chapter, we describe current methods for analyzing collinearity and synteny among multiple genomes using existing tools from JCVI. We also present a detailed case study that illustrates these methods, utilizing data from four plant genome datasets.