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… how crops and model organisms may evolve.  Determining the genetic codes of plants is often challenging because in many … and the  oilseed crop false flax – genomes that have been sequenced by the JGI – and the common strawberry, which is … clearly identifies the four subgenomes based on non-genic sequences.”  In his words, the history of the strawberry is …

This year’s annual CSP call had five areas of emphasis: genes to function, plant and algal functional genomics, inter-organismal interactions, understanding natural communities important for carbon …

… proteins, as well as recycling nitrogen. Now, with insight into a specific enzyme class that’s important to the way … of enzymes. It’s useful to differentiate these enzyme tools into two groups: core metabolism and specialized … This analysis led them to identify 2,938 putative AT  genes. Within the AT genes identified across different …

Desert Research Institute, the 2025 NeLLi Symposium delves into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and … metabolic and functional capabilities. Take part in the "Sequences to Cultures" Jamboree!  Immediately following the … to a new appreciation for the extent of diversity. The phylogenetic and functional characterization of this novel …

… methanogenic archaea use one of three pathways for methanogenesis: hydrogen-dependent and CO2-reducing, or … mini-metagenomics to these samples by sorting the microbes into small pools of cells that were then sequenced separately. From these samples, 111 …

… viruses. Almost all known virophage genomes share only four genes in common: major and minor capsid proteins (MCP and … increased the number of known high quality virophage genome sequences 10-fold through computational approaches. By … human (for the first time) gut and taxonomically classified into 27 distinct clades (17 of them without previously known …

… about virus-infected microbial cells that are transformed into virocells, and how the outcomes of these infections can … in one proposed research project. For this project, RNA sequencing was done by the JGI, and proteomics and … models. Next, the researchers are working towards better understanding how nutrient availability, or lack thereof, …