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… To understand how organisms adapt to extreme environments, Marike Palmer and Brian Hedlund study organisms living in hot springs. Hear how their recent work …

… species are diploids and have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. In contrast, many crops have multiple sets … in these crops. For diploid species, sequencing programs generally focus on a genotype with two identical sets of … sequence using a targeted approach that focused on the gene rich part of the genome by harnessing information from …

… Mass Spectrometry, NanoSIMS, and other techniques. Q&A from the Webinar: 1. Q(uestion): How much DNA is required … samples are in hand at JGI? A: It takes a few months to go from start to finish, i.e., QC to separation to library … separating the 13 CO2 that we’re using to label the leaves from the soil. So we have a separate air chamber around the …

… leads the  Microbial Program at the JGI, received a message from Andrea Du Toit, senior editor for  Nature Reviews … to energy and the environment.” she says. “So, it’s quite a natural fit and a nice complement to the contributions from … and metagenome , rather than just by 16S ribosomal RNA gene censuses.  Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh ,  Metagenome Program …

… and Answers 1.  Q(uestion): Why would your Tree ever differ from NCBI Taxonomy? A(nswer): If you find that our trees are … getting these data on our system. If it’s not based on the gene model, that should be ok generally. We can work with you to re-map the data. If your …

… light microscope, and fickle, often hiding their function from even the most determined scientist.  Recent work in  … that photosynthesizers share. The end result was a list of genes, termed  The GreenCut2 Resource . It details 597 genes … coding for proteins that are unique to photosynthesizing organisms.  “And perhaps surprising to a lot of people — a …

… of several communities in New Mexico via leakage from a local dry-cleaner. Researchers  identified two … process, researchers collected microbial samples from wells at the site in 2007, 2009, and 2010. DNA was extracted from the samples that were sequenced by the U.S. Department …

… years ago, when eelgrass traveled across the ocean current from Japan to colonize the southern California and Mexican … a timeline like this, researchers would normally craft a genetic clock based on its divergence with a  different … researchers to use the genome assembly to calibrate their genetic clock.  Various researchers around the globe were …

… datasets miss a key part of microbial genomes: the mobile genetic elements, or MGEs, that can move between organisms. But now, deep sequencing and new analysis methods … (JGI) as they talk about their recent work on a time series from Sweden’s Stordalen Mire. …

… Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant … teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break down plant fibers. But are they both … sequences (transcriptomes) from their soil samples. This gene expression dataset was particularly important for …

… were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, … by lifestyles. The machine “learned” to identify data generated in part through the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, … class  Dothideomycetes includes fungi that obtain nutrients from decaying organic matter (saprobes), and many plant …