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… In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never published in the literature. These … started. Plus, Kalyani Maitra (California State Fresno) and two students, Angela and Mark Soghomonian share what it was …

… a novel phylum-level lineage of archaea with at least two major subgroups dubbed Marsarchaeota. The Impact Iron … thousands to millions of copies of a particular DNA sequence from just a few pieces of DNA. Summary The extreme …

… Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it to the correct sequence to snip — but not all guides are effective. To … approach: CRISPR-Cas9 relies on RNA with a short guiding sequence (20 bp) that directs the endonuclease where to cut, … , the scientists thus set out to identify which sgRNA sequences were reliable. In an elegant, quantitative screen, …

… because in many plants chromosomes are present in more than two copies, a condition known as polyploidy. The multiple … 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 …

… genomic biodiversity. Using publicly available genome sequence data generated over the past three decades, their … group. “Turns out that despite all the genomes we've sequenced, we've only scratched the surface.” The study, … a census of publicly available bacterial and archaeal sequences. Kyrpides heads the JGI’s Microbiome Data Science …

… harvests. The subsequent comparative analysis of these two pathogens, led by the JGI and Virginia Polytechnic … of millions of trees in California alone. With the genome sequence in hand, the UC team led the charge to develop … Publication: Tyler BM et al. Phytophthora genome sequences uncover evolutionary origins and mechanisms of …