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… data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the … of algae? You now have one place where you can browse the genetic blueprints of these photosynthetic organisms. … — so researchers can easily explore the evolutionary and functional relationships among the different algae. …

… it’s difficult to link the connections to them from the genetic elements that scientists have found, e.g. plasmids … using a method named Multiple Displacement Amplification to generate enough DNA to put on a sequencer. As previously … like plasmids, the picture is far from complete.  In 2021 , scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital …

… chain reaction technology that enables researchers to generating thousands to millions of copies of a particular … analyses, transcriptomics for microbial genomic activity (gene expression), and direct microscopy. Through the JGI’s …

… secondary metabolites are produced by groups of genes known as biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs.) As reported in the recent Database … system known as IMG-ABC. That portal contained biosynthetic gene clusters and secondary metabolites information from …

… grasses using Panicum hallii (Hall’s panicgrass), by generating two complete genomes from varieties that diverged … used QTL mapping to find the genomic regions that control gene expression and physiological responses to drought. They …

… they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data from that study is now used across …

… Then, using metagenomes and metatranscriptomes generated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint … genomes, they found a huge variety of CRISPR-Cas systems. Generally, prokaryotes use CRISPR-Cas systems to recognize … systems, the CRISPR-Cas9 system, is a powerful tool in gene editing, but many other systems exist. Investigating …