A computational architecture designed for genome annotation: oak genome sequencing project as a use case

Abstract

The ANR Genoak project aims to study the two key evolutionary processes that explain the remarkable diversity found within the oak genus. We performed anautomated structural annotation (transposable elements (TEs) and genes) and functional annotation of predicted genes using robust pipelines i/ REPET for TEs ii/Eugene for gene prediction iii/ FunAnnotPipe (in-house pipeline) mainly based on InterproScan for functional annotation. Further objectives were to: i/ integrate thewhole genome with all the features annotated into a Genome Browser, ii/ provide an interface for gene prediction curation/validation, and iii/ provide an informationsystem pointing towards accessibility and interoperability