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… 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 genome copies from additional parents or …

In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample … samples to the JGI for sequencing.  While JGI processed, sequenced, and analyzed the soil samples, the JGI offered 7 … soil samples from the four sites tested.  They found Euryarchaeota to be the most common phylum of Archaea.  …

Survey of Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), generated genome sequences for nearly 600 green millet plants and released a … identified a gene associated with leaf angle, which determines how much sunlight leaves can get and in turn serves as …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth … Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant … of plant metabolism. This metabolism, called crassulacean acid metabolism, or CAM — that’s C-A-M, for short — helps …

… part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a … Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it to the correct sequence to snip — but not all guides are effective. To … biomass carbohydrates — glucose and xylose — into fatty acids that could be used for renewable fuel. In fact, lipids …

… has closed.  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is offering a five-day workshop … workflows for computational analysis and interpretation of sequence data. IMG/M is a web-based platform that provides access to the wealth of public microbiome sequence data and enables the user to analyze these data …