PGA: a software package for rapid, accurate, and flexible batch annotation of plastomes

Plastome (plastid genome) sequences provide valuable information for understanding the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of plants. Although the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing technology has led to an explosion of plastome sequences, annotation remains a significant bottleneck for plastomes. User-friendly batch annotation of multiple plastomes is an urgent need. We introduce Plastid Genome Annotator (PGA), a standalone command line tool that can perform rapid, accurate, and flexible batch annotation of newly generated target plastomes based on well-annotated reference plastomes. In contrast to current existing tools, PGA uses reference plastomes as the query and unannotated…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Award: 31720103903
• CA
  Chinese Academy of Sciences

  Awards: 2017-LSF-GBOWS-02, XDB31010000
• NI
  National Institutes of Health

  Award: Y8247411W1
• KI
  Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• IO
  Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences