Sentences with phrase «in rice genome»

The location of O. coarctata in the rice genome sequence is at the other end of the spectrum from that of rice varieties such as IR56.

The accumulation of deleterious mutations in rice genomes: A hypothesis on the cost of domestication

Not exact matches

Since its 2013 demonstration as a genome editing tool in Arabidopsis and tobacco — two widely used laboratory plants — CRISPR has been road - tested in crops, including wheat, rice, soybeans, potatoes, sorghum, oranges and tomatoes.

«With the successful introgression of a functional epigenetic allele into elite indica rice genomes, we are redefining best practices in applying genomics tools to increase the yield potential of rice.»

Three research institutions — the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), the Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) Shenzhen, and IRRI — collaborated to sequence the genomes of 3,024 rice varieties and lines housed in the IRRI (82 %) and the CAAS (18 %) genebanks.

This year, IRRI established a new and relevant rice breeding factory, deciphered the information found in 3,000 sequenced rice genomes, helped in marketing the Philippines» unique indigenous «heirloom» rice varieties to the outside world, distributed climate - smart rice varieties to reduce Asian farmers» risks, and celebrated 150 consecutive knowledge - filled cropping seasons of the Long - Term Continuous Cropping Experiment.

The completed sequencing of the seven wild rice varieties is a significant progress to drive further genome evolution and domestication,» explained Dr. Rod Wing, leader of the International Oryza Map Alignment Project (IOMAP), an AXA Chair holder at the International Rice Research Institute, Professor at the University of Arizona, and one of the lead scientists in the strice varieties is a significant progress to drive further genome evolution and domestication,» explained Dr. Rod Wing, leader of the International Oryza Map Alignment Project (IOMAP), an AXA Chair holder at the International Rice Research Institute, Professor at the University of Arizona, and one of the lead scientists in the stRice Research Institute, Professor at the University of Arizona, and one of the lead scientists in the study.

She constructed the first map of the rice genome, identifying markers in its DNA that indicate the presence of particular traits.

Moore has used landmarks on the rice genome to help wheat researchers like himself to home in on particular genes they are interested in, an approach that can be extended to the other cereals, too.

Working with the Japanese National Institute of Agricultural Research's Rice Genome Programme in Tsukuba, Moore looked for genes shared between rice and wheat, and discovered that although wheat and rice diverged some 60 million years ago, the order of the genes in the two species is essentially the same, even though the genes are much farther apart in whRice Genome Programme in Tsukuba, Moore looked for genes shared between rice and wheat, and discovered that although wheat and rice diverged some 60 million years ago, the order of the genes in the two species is essentially the same, even though the genes are much farther apart in whrice and wheat, and discovered that although wheat and rice diverged some 60 million years ago, the order of the genes in the two species is essentially the same, even though the genes are much farther apart in whrice diverged some 60 million years ago, the order of the genes in the two species is essentially the same, even though the genes are much farther apart in wheat.

The researchers, including postgraduate students Miaolin Chen at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Deborah Devis at the University of Adelaide's Waite campus, performed a genome - wide analysis of potential pollen allergens in two model plants, Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) and rice by comparing those results among 25 species of plants ranging from simple alga to complex flowering plants.

A team of evolutionary biologists at Rice University, the University of Sheffield and eight other universities used a combination of ecological fieldwork and genomic assays to see how natural selection is playing out across the genome of a Southern California stick insect that is in the process of evolving into two unique species.

«Sequencing a patient's genome from scratch using 3D assembly is so inexpensive that it's comparable in cost to an MRI,» said Dudchenko, who also is a fellow at Rice University's Center for Theoretical Biological Physics.

«A single genome does not reveal the large store of genetic diversity in rice,» says Leung, who notes that many important genes are not present in the previously sequenced rice lines.

However, these fears turned out to be largely unwarranted, as we successfully utilized this technique with populations similar in size to Arabidopsis and rice, which have significantly smaller genomes.»

Kohn, Nakhleh and lead author Kevin Liu, their former postdoctoral researcher and now an assistant professor at Michigan State University, employed Rice's supercomputers and the Nakhleh lab's open - source PhyloNet - HMM software to locate statistically likely connections between the re-sequenced complete genomes, some newly determined and some collected previously in a massive effort to understand the evolutionary origins of the laboratory mouse genome.

Genetic differentiation for nuclear, mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes in common wild rice (Oryza rufipogon Griff.)

A team of investigators led by Motoyuki Ashikari of Nagoya University and Hitoshi Sakakibara of the Plant Science Center in Yokohama, Japan, analyzed the rice genome and identified several regions of DNA tied to improved grain yields.

Genome - wide patterns of nucleotide polymorphism in domesticated rice Caicedo, A. L., S. H. Williamson, R. D. Hernandez, A. Boyko et al. 2007.

Genome - wide patterns of nucleotide polymorphism in domesticated rice.

Previous scans of domesticated genomes have revealed an accumulation of deleterious mutations in rice (62, 63), tomatoes (64), and dogs (4).

His research interest focuses on 1) development and application of TALEN and CRISPR technologies for targeted genome editing in plant species, and 2) molecular mechanism of plant / microbe interactions and crop disease resistance engineering by using the bacterial blight of rice as a model.

This discovery is outlined in the article Genomes of 13 domesticated and wild rice relatives highlight genetic conservation, turnover and innovation across the genus Oryza published by Nature Genetics.

In 2017, we welcome aboard a new project partner to sequence and research more genomes for Passenger Pigeon de-extinction, the Center for Genome Architecture at Rice University's Baylor College of Medicine.

Focusing initially on five staple crops — wheat, rice, maize, sorghum and chickpea — the project seeks to empower public plant breeders to use genome - wide approaches to model plant performance in real time using tools that can be shared across diverse species and regions of the world.

With funding for over a decade from the NSF and the USDA, the Rice Diversity Project supports QTL mapping, Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS), and gene discovery using a suite of open - source genetic, genomic and bioinformatic resources developed in the McCouch lab.

Three research institutions — the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), the Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) Shenzhen, and IRRI — collaborated to sequence the genomes of 3,024 rice varieties and lines housed in the IRRI (82 %) and the CAAS (18 %) genebanks.

CSHL scientists have taken part in numerous plant genome sequencing projects including Arabidopsis, rice, sorghum and maize.