Sentences with phrase «model plant genomes»

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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.

The research team conducted experiments on the roots of Arabidopsis, a plant often used as a «model organism» in plant biology and had its genome fully sequenced in 2000.

«Setaria viridis is a small plant that can produce a lot of seeds faster, has a pretty simple genome and can serve as a model for research.»

We propose a fusion - compatibility model to explain these findings, with Amborella capturing whole mitochondria from diverse eukaryotes, followed by mitochondrial fusion (limited mechanistically to green plant mitochondria) and then genome recombination.

We focus on developing computational methods and tools for (a) analyzing large - scale gene expression data related to human cancer in search for gene markers and disease sub-categories, (b) identifying regulatory elements such as miRNA precursors and their targets in whole genomes of plants and mammals, (c) building theoretical models of gene regulatory networks.

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.

In 1996, an international collaboration, the Arabidopsis Genome Initiative, was formed to sequence and analyze the genome of this model Genome Initiative, was formed to sequence and analyze the genome of this model genome of this model plant.

The short generation time and relatively compact genome of Arabidopsis make it an ideal model system for understanding numerous features of plant biology, including ones that are of great pharmaceutical or agricultural value.

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.

I am using computational analysis and modeling to visualize how plant genomes have evolved over time, particularly those of staple crops.

While 140 million pieces might sound like a lot, Arabidopsis has the smallest genome of any flowering plant, which is the main reason it was selected as a model organism for genome sequencing.

The organizers of the project, called GP - write (for work in model organisms and plants) or sometimes HGP - write (for work in human cell lines), envision it as a successor to the Human Genome Project (retroactively termed HGP - read), which 25 years ago promoted rapid advances in DNA sequencing technology.

Prior to entering the legal profession, Mr. Koo led a team of biologists that sequenced the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana at a prominent genome research organization.