Skoltech researchers Margarita Ezhova and Maria Logacheva have co-authored a paper “Transcriptome atlas of Phalaenopsis equestris” recently published in PeerJ journal. The plant Phalaenopsis equestris belongs to an exceptionally diverse Orchidaceae family .The members of this family are defined by numerous sophisticated adaptations to pollinators and other unique features making it a viable model for evolutionary and functional studies. In the article, the researchers present the transcriptome atlas of an orchid Phalaenopsis equestris, which genome has been recently sequenced. The researchers reveal an RNA-seq-based transcriptome map of P. equestris including 19 organs of the plant, including leaves, roots, floral organs and the shoot apical meristem. The authors verified the high quality of the data and demonstrated the P. equestris transcriptome map to be similar to the gene expression atlases of other plants. The transcriptome map can be easily accessed through the database Transcriptome Variation Analysis (TraVA) for visualizing gene expression profiles. Full text of the paper is available here.