Response: Sesamum indicum genomics data v1.0 was assembled based on the 16 genetics linkage groups. And v2.0 was assembled based on 13 chromosomes in Sesamum indicum genome, which was consistant with the Sesamum indicum true karyotype.

Response: Sinbase2.0 focused on studying Sesamum indicum multi-omics data, which contained genomics, functional genomics, genetics, transcriptomics and proteomics. Sinbase2.0 integrated above multi-omics data using protein-coding genes in Sesamum indicum genome data v2.0. But Sinbase only focused on genomics, genetics and comparative genomics based on 13 chromosomes in Sesamum indicum genome.

Response: Now, we didn't supply gene sets annotation about other Sesamum indicum varieties in Sinbase2.0. We have finished the gene sets annotation about other Sesamum indicum varieties and will update them in Sinbase2.0 soon.

Response: Now, we embedded BLAST, Genome Browser and MISAweb softwares or web services in Sinbase2.0. BLAST software was used to search orthologous genes or genomic regions in Sesamum indicum genome. Genome Browser was used to show the distribution of genome componets in Sesamum indicum genome and collinear relationships between Sesamum indicum and orther genomes. MISAweb was a web service of microsatellite DNA identification in plant genomes, which was developed by Dr. Jingyin Yu in PMDBase (http://www.sesame-bioinfo.org/PMDBase).