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… authors of the  paper published April 20, 2020 in  Nature Genetics include Jane Grimwood and Jeremy Schmutz of JGI’s  … provides breeders with insights on crop improvements at a genetic level, including why having multiple copies of their … disciplines that relate directly and indirectly to genetic diversity, evolution, wild germplasm utilization and …

… of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many genes after such events, returning their genomes to a diploid state while retaining multiple copies of some genes. This polyploidization process is ongoing and many … by the JGI’s  Community Science Program , the team generated reference genomes for  B. hybridum and  B. stacei …

… genomes’ metabolic pathways could lead to the discovery of genes that could be used for multiple biotechnological … moss sex chromosomes continue to evolve so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head … improve crop breeding. For example, Schmutz noted, specific genes of interest could be associated with a plant’s sex. …

… sampling in the Florida Everglades to help train the next generation of scientists. She shares her thoughts about the … analysis.  The class had to sift through over 55 billion genes and 16 trillion DNA bases of data, to figure out what … to look at the predominant taxa and the abundance of genes involved in environmentally significant metabolic …

… sequencing allows researchers to study the entire genetic makeup of these communities via whole genome … of the samples, without being able to distinguish which gene belongs to each individual microbial species within a … call “known knowns” — that is, they are similar to genes with known function. Others are called ‘known …

Populus 8:03 PM Natural Diversity in  Setaria  and a Novel Gene for Shattering   In mid-2019, JGI and KBase will be …

… in  Nature by an international consortium. With the genetic code of sugarcane, researchers were able to map the location of genes that provide resistance to the brown rust disease that … reference sugarcane  genome , the JGI provides foundational genetic information that crop breeders can use to improve …

… and metagenome , rather than just by 16S ribosomal RNA gene censuses.  Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh ,  Metagenome Program … genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. …

… analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple … A public repository of 52,515 microbial draft genomes generated from environmental samples around the world, … Value Beyond Genome Sequences Much of the data had been generated from environmental samples  sequenced by the JGI …

… 1 billion years of evolution in Kingdom Fungi — from phylogenetic relationships to evolution of genomic mechanisms — … plant genomics community. The project’s aim is to generate high-quality genome assemblies and annotations for … both large and complex. The first publication of a genome generated by the OGG initiative — for Ceratopteris …

Center), HudsonAlpha and the JGI also identified a gene related to seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. A 2020 Nature Genetics paper describing the genomes of the five major …