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… such as mosses could be uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had an unexpected …

… originated in Japan before spreading around the globe. Now, scientists have shed light on both when and how eelgrass … form of another species, so the scientists had to use the genome itself.   Approximately 67 million years ago, the … change.  Once properly calibrated, each molecular clock independently provided timepoints of eelgrass’s major global …

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Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to … and robots have made these experiments easier for scientists everywhere. …

… the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … of a microbial community out in its natural environment, scientists have shown at least two microorganisms from … pathways. There are different ways to make methane, depending on which substrate is used to make the methane, so …

… researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … for polar oceans. In this study, they’ve cracked open the genome of another polar species, the green alga …

… 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint Genome Institute with Dan Rokhsar, who also holds a joint … Session and Rokhsar, building on work with former JGI postdoc Jarrod Chapman, developed a method to correctly … method can be  accessed here so that, Session said, other scientists can “follow a step-by-step process to apply it to …

… with sufficient resolution to analyze their structure. Scientists found both a gene likely important for sex … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … are advantageous enough to have evolved multiple times independently. The researchers also found a gene likely …

… potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the …

On September 1, JGI held a JGI Engagement: Pro Tips for Successful Community … can support biological data analysis. It is a free, open source analytics platform provided to the research … file.     … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …