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… more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids with two genome copies, one … plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many … of the polyploid reference line is simply not true based on previous pan-genome studies. Thus, we must compare …

The soybean is a crop that could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped … to look into soybean’s strengths – along with a fungus that threatens this important crop. Hear more about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of Missouri), Peter van Esse (The Sainsbury Laboratory) and …

… to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the development and application of advanced mass spectrometry approaches and model …

Micro-Scale Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our group also seeks out new … us to select specific uncultivated microbes for sequencing based on their level of metabolic activity (BONCAT+FACS). To …