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… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about …

The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around … form of another species, so the scientists had to use the genome itself.   Approximately 67 million years ago, the … a whole genome duplication event, doubling all of its chromosomes.  Over time, the new and old chromosome copies …

This series is the story of a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In this episode: a look at the … a cluster called Dori is also capable of running smaller assemblies — so we head there for a sense of what this …

… part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput gene-editing tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for … included researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… growth, provide critical advantages to the organisms producing them, and are often involved in defense, nutrient acquisition and communication. … factors and determine their binding sites across multiple genomes. Computational prediction of heterologous …

… strengthens -omics technologies at the JGI by identifying the actual molecules present in an environment that influence system behavior.  Through … this identification, metabolomics enables functional genome annotation, improves understanding of the role small …