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JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences affect traits. In a text … sequence of these four letters represents an organism’s genetic code, or genome, which underlies physical features … factor binding sites across many different genomes. These atlases of transcription factor binding sites can help you …

… that unlike most flowering plants and animals, fungi lack gene body methylation. The analysis revealed that 5mC in … – similar to the MAC clusters for 6mA), rather than in genes, which suggests that 5mC may play a role in genome …

PIs who drafted them.  … Elucidating Sphagnum microbiome genetic interactions for improved growth at elevated … strategies in a cosmopolitan and abundant soil bacterium: genetic microdiversity or core metabolic flexibility? … … range shifts of plant-fungal symbionts … Elucidation of the gene regulatory networks governing terpenoid-mediated plant …

… of switchgrass and is a key component in providing genetic variation available for selection to improve biofuel … in breeding efforts, and also because 8X switchgrass is generally thought to harbor less genetic and phenotypic (visible traits) diversity. After our …

… genomics existed. This is before we’re even thinking of genes and connecting genes to molecules, which is something that, you know, we … and at the beginning stages of connecting molecules and genes. And then genomics happened. Dan: Yeah, I did my first …

… products is that we don’t know what all the biosynthetic gene clusters look like.  DAN: For sure.  MARCY: We have so … much information about what the Actinomycete biosynthetic gene clusters look like. And we’re just getting to where … finding the molecules so then we can tie them back to the gene clusters right? The more Info we have the more Info we …

After I got my undergraduate degree, which was in general biology, I joined the Peace Corps. And when I was … looking at that I’m a very visual person. So, when we make genetic mutants in a fungal isolate, I can see something … Yeah, okay. Of course. Fungi have a larger genome. The genetics was slower to begin with. So transformation, or …

… that can’t live without their host. They have no extra genes hanging around, they still dedicate 20-30% of their … of many different things in microbiology and biology in general. And her efforts first at Yale and now at University … with JGI to do genome sequencing, so to look for the genes that are involved in putting antibiotics together, …