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… and colleagues set sail on research cruises in 2015 and 2016. At Station ALOHA , site of the 30-years-long Hawaii … they have used the sequence of a “marker gene,” namely the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene, to mark or identify microbial species. All SAR324 have very closely related 16S rRNA genes, but these genes mask the striking diversity …
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… and the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)—have selected 11 proposals for support from 53 received through a joint …
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… targets for plant improvement. Surprisingly, about 16 to 56 percent of plant genes are poorly characterized, … Avinash: In the initial planning phase, there were about 10 groups that came together to standardize the experimental … additional biological information. As I’ve said earlier, 16 to 56 percent of plant genes are poorly characterized. So …
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… have already completed 37% of the two-year milestones, and 11% of the five-year milestones. …
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… microbial populations in oxygen minimum zones identified SAR11 bacteria as initiators of nitrogen loss in these waters. …
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… Los Alamos National Lab researchers investigated Chromosome 16, which contains about 3% of the human genome. They wanted … of human chromosome 19 . Nature. 428, 529–535 (2004). doi:10.1038/nature02399 Schmutz, J., Martin, J., Terry, A. et al. …
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