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… crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … high-quality reference sequence of the complex switchgrass  genome using samples collected at these gardens. Building …

… causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) and is the major pathogen of soybean. Left uncontrolled, soybean rust could reduce … yields by as much as 90 percent. As part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute’s  2016 Community Science Program portfolio … Research (INRA)  proposed sequencing a reference genome for  P. pachyrhizi to develop better strategies to …

… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … form of another species, so the scientists had to use the genome itself.   Approximately 67 million years ago, the ancestor to eelgrass underwent a whole genome duplication event, doubling all of its chromosomes.  …

… in sequences affect traits. In a text file, the rows of letters A, T, C and G appearing over and over in a … four letters represents an organism’s genetic code, or genome, which underlies physical features and functions. … the structures and functions of the genes encoded in the genome sequence is part of the integrative science mission …