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… genetic material of uncultivated microbes and link their genomes to the roles they play in the environment. One … in Nature , applied single-cell sequencing to decode genomes of bacteria and archaea from previously understudied … Nature , she led a team that reconstructed more than 2,000 genomes of large and giant viruses belonging to the …

… genomics pipeline that provides JGI users access to the genomes of uncultured microbes.  His group also handles the … PNAS 113 (28), E4069-E4078 Bendall, M.L. et al. 2016. Genome-wide selective sweeps and gene-specific sweeps in …

… Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids with two genome copies, one from each parent. Having three or more …

… recovered and identified from environmental samples (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a previous … to help researchers assess and improve the quality of metagenome-assembled viral genomes . The Impact The microbes …

… interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was primarily on how plants … temperature oscillations throughout the day. At the Joint Genome Institute, Dr. Cole’s research focus has been on …

… moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each … a single set of chromosomes, are available. The genome assemblies highlight the multiple advances in … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute was supported by the Office of Science of …

… I’m Alison Takemura at the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, or JGI.  Two special days occur in April: … I recently caught up with Karolina at the Plant and Animal Genomes, or PAG conference, when in-person meetings were … Karolina’s quest in a future episode of our JGI podcast, Genome Insider. I’m Alison Takemura. See you next time. …

… Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant … Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Almost all known virophage genomes share only four genes in common: major and minor …