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… most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around the globe. Now, scientists have shed … ocean occurred during the last 20,000-40,000 years, establishing itself in Atlantic coastal areas off the shores … form of another species, so the scientists had to use the genome itself.   Approximately 67 million years ago, the …

The IAC is chartered by the JGI Chief Informatics Officer (CIO) and reports to the JGI Director. The … IAC is chartered to render advice, guidance, and counsel on the effective management and strategic objectives for the JGI’s data science, informatics and information technology (IT) …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a … clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) … For the first time, a team has analyzed in parallel the genomes and transcriptomes of both partners to better …

… and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in … Lead Nikos Kyrpides at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at … classification framework that combines and builds on two standard techniques for identifying viruses and plasmids. …

… results from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most … assembly. So while researchers are confident all the DNA sequences came from one cell, including components like …

Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. The Science By comparing 135 fungal sequenced genomes, researchers were able to carry out a broader analysis than had ever been done before to look at how multiple forest fungi have independently …

JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences affect traits. In a text file, the rows of letters … array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the absence of all the other letters of the alphabet. … four letters represents an organism’s genetic code, or genome, which underlies physical features and functions. …