10KP: 10,000 Plant Genomes Project

The 10,000 plants (tenKP or 10KP) aims to sequence over 10,000 genomes representing every major clade of plants and eukaryotic microbes. This project would generate large-scale plant genome data within the next five years (2017-2022), addressing fundamental questions about plant evolution. Major supporters include Beijing Genomics Institute in Shenzhen (BGI-Shenzhen) and China National Gene Bank (CNGB). BGI corporate will support this project by developing new tools for de novo genome sequencing and assembly on MGISEQ platforms.

Release at 2018-02-20

Cheng, S., Melkonian, M., Smith, S. A., Brockington, S., Archibald, J. M., Delaux, P. M., ... & Wong, G. K. S. (2018). 10KP: A phylodiverse genome sequencing plan. Gigascience, 7(3), giy013. DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giy013