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New GRAFT dataset links gene expression to plant traits

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Researchers have introduced GRAFT, a new dataset designed to advance the understanding of gene-to-trait relationships in plants. This multi-modal dataset links gene expression profiles with phenotypic trait measurements for Arabidopsis thaliana, a model organism in plant biology. GRAFT aims to support tasks like phenotype prediction and interpretable graph learning, and includes benchmarks for regression and biologically-informed hypergraph baselines to validate gene-trait associations. It is presented as the first dataset of its kind to offer multimodal gene and heterogeneous trait data for the same plant specimens. AI

IMPACT Facilitates AI-driven research into genotype-phenotype correlations, potentially accelerating discoveries in plant breeding and genomics.

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New GRAFT dataset links gene expression to plant traits

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Manuel Serna-Aguilera, Vanshika Jindal, Fiona L. Goggin, Jiamei Li, Aranyak Goswami, Alexander Bucksch, Suxing Liu, Khoa Luu ·

    GRAFT: Biological Graph and Hypergraph Benchmarks for Linked Gene Expression and Phenotypic Trait Prediction in Arabidopsis thaliana

    arXiv:2606.27413v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Understanding which genes control which traits in an organism remains one of the central challenges in biology. Despite significant advances in data collection technology, our ability to map genes to traits is still limited. This …

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