Sentences with phrase «plant genome sequencing»

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

They have also had an important role in projects to sequence the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana (the first plant genome sequence), the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, as well as the human genome and other important genomes.

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The researches found that the transgene was inserted into an active region of the genome, thereby disrupting the coding sequence and ultimately the function of the plants own OsAux1 gene.

The new method by Garaycochea and colleagues will enable researchers to strategically analyze this whole - genome sequence data and assemble the chloroplast genome for their plant of interest.

As for the identities of Mendel's other four genes, Weeden says he expects them to be revealed in the next few years as more plant genomes give up their sequences.

Thousands of plant species have had their genomes sequenced, but without organelle genomes, nuclear genomes are only one piece of the DNA puzzle.

Remarkably, in plants, up to 90 % of the genome is composed of these repetitive sequences.

The thale cress, Arabidopsis thaliana, was the first plant to have its entire genome sequenced and is popular in biology research.

The new peanut genome sequences were released in 2014 to researchers and plant breeders around the globe.

«This group of plants are unique because their genomes are just absolutely full of repeated sequences.

«When we started this project nearly two decades ago, there was no technology to sequence genomes of that size and complexity,» said Jan Dvorak, a leader of the project and professor in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis.

Crowdfunding a genome Pryer worried that because no fern genome had ever been sequenced, what might be learned about these ancient plants — some of the oldest known vegetative of life forms on Earth — was highly limited.

Chloroplasts evolve slowly, so researchers use next - generation sequencing to look for subtle differences in their genomes to determine how two plants from different populations might be related.

To use CallHap, researchers must first obtain a reference genome sequence for their target species, either from previously published work or by sequencing the DNA of a single plant.

Next, they should sequence the chloroplasts of a few plants individually and align them to the reference genome to create the basic database used by the program.

The development of a new tool, CallHap, published in Applications in Plant Sciences, has made it cheaper and easier to sequence the chloroplast genomes of large numbers of plants and accurately track seed dispersal across landscapes.

Over the longer term, the identification of the coffee tree genome sequence opens up new possibilities for varietal improvement, knowledge of the specific functions of the genes (in particular those specific to coffee trees), the possibility of transferring results to other species, and refining diagnostic tools for the function of the plant.

The genome of Picea abies, one of the largest ever sequenced, appears May 22 in Nature and is one of several that have been read out recently from trees known as gymnosperms — seed - bearing plants that don't produce flowers.

There has been growing evidence from genome sequencing that plants sometimes exchange mitochondria, but this study is the first to show it actually happening.

As scientists race to decode genomes — not just of humans but of bacteria, yeast, chimps, dogs, whales and plants — the number of DNA sequences available for analysis has grown 40,000-fold in the past 20 years, providing unprecedented insight into billions of years of species evolution.

The newly sequenced genome of the Amborella plant will be published in the journal Science on 20 December 2013.

The newly sequenced genome of the Amborella plant addresses Darwin's «abominable mystery» — the question of why flowers suddenly proliferated on Earth millions of years ago.

On 20 December 2013, a paper by the Amborella Genome Sequencing Project that includes a full description of the analyses performed by the project, as well as implications for flowering plant research, will be published in the journal Science.

In addition to its utility in retrospective studies of the evolution of flowering plants, the Amborella genome sequence offers insights into the history and conservation of Amborella populations.

The genome sequence sheds new light on a major event in the history of life on Earth: the origin of flowering plants, including all major food crop species.

Comparing the newly sequenced genomes to those already available, researchers found a huge variety of carbohydrate - active enzymes (CAZymes) among the Aspergillus species, suggesting distinct strategies to break down plant biomass.

Although the Arabidopsis sequence can itself serve as a guide to other plant genomes, plans are underway to sequence the rice genome and researchers are debating the merits of sequencing maize and other crops.

«As the first reference sequence of the sunflower genome, it's quite the accomplishment,» said paper co-author John M. Burke, professor of plant biology and member of the UGA Plant Ceplant biology and member of the UGA Plant CePlant Center.

«These archaeological remains provided a unique opportunity for us to finally sequence a Chalcolithic plant genome.

Ten years ago, the International Barley Genome Sequencing Consortium, which is led by Nils Stein of the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research in Germany, set out to assemble a complete reference sequence of the barley gGenome Sequencing Consortium, which is led by Nils Stein of the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research in Germany, set out to assemble a complete reference sequence of the barley genomegenome.

Saski participated in sequencing the genome, which is a crucial stepping - stone toward further advancements of understanding the inner workings of one of the most complex and treasured plants on the planet.

A genetic analysis, which included sequencing the entire genome of Cephalotus, found strong evidence that during their evolution into carnivores, each of these plants co-opted many of the same ancient proteins to create enzymes for digesting prey.

First, samples of leaves from these plants are collected for in vitro cultures to isolate the fungi; then the DNA and RNA of fungi are extracted to sequence them and, through bioinformatic analysis, the researcher can determine the expression, the presence or absence of genes in the genomes of a species against each other.

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.

By comparing DNA sequenced from primate stool samples to plant genomes the authors were able to actually measure the amount and diversity of plants being consumed by the captive and wild primates, and the difference was stark.

The IU scientists discovered the unprecedented lack of Complex I in a multicellular organism during a larger project to expand the number of parasitic plants that have undergone mitochondrial genome sequencing.

To expand knowledge about parasitic plants, the IU team chose to sequence the mitochondrial genomes of Santalales, more commonly referred to as mistletoes, which are the largest order of parasitic plants in the world with over 2,000 species.

Focusing on this small portion of each plant's genome, the team sequenced 400 billion bases of DNA using sophisticated sequencing technology to analyze the plants that grew from the mutated seeds — a total of 2,735 mutant lines.

As more such species are sequenced, he says, «everyone will be using these» genomes to find out which genes are responsible for particular functions, especially for plant pathogens such as Fusarium, which causes ear rot in corn and puts out mycotoxins in animal feed.

The discovery, the product of a multiyear effort to provide a high - quality full genome map of the oil palm plant and to scour the sequence for genes of importance to both science and industry, has major implications for agriculture and the environment.

By revealing similar elements in plants» DNA, genome sequencing has liberated developers from having to borrow the viral sequences.

By sequencing the genome of the extensively studied moss Physcomitrella patens and comparing it to the sequenced genomes of rice, the flowering plant Arabidopsis, and single - cell algae, an international team has been able to look at what the ancestral land - plant genome looked like.

MADISON, WISCONSIN — As champagne corks popped today in Washington, D.C., over news that the human genome has been almost completely sequenced, researchers here quietly learned that their favorite plant's genome is even further along.

The problem is assembling that sequence into order,» said David Neale, a professor of plant sciences at the University of California, Davis, who led the loblolly pine genome project and is an author on the GENETICS and Genome Biology artgenome project and is an author on the GENETICS and Genome Biology artGenome Biology articles.

The genome sequence will help scientists breed improved varieties and understand the evolution and diversity of plants.

By sequencing the genome of this moss, Physcomitrella patens (shown in a close - up shot), evolutionary biologists are learning how plants moved onto land.

Extensive genetic studies of this plant have already been performed, its genome sequenced and DNA transfer methods established.

«The only way to get a real story, the closest we can get, is to sequence nuclear genomes from orchids,» says Victor Albert, a plant geneticist at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Using techniques collectively known as molecular breeding, geneticists have started to return results in a variety of plants, said Ed Buckler, a plant geneticist at Cornell University who recently helped sequence the corn genome.

Endophyte genomes undergo CpG methylation, while prokaryotic genomes do not, making it easy to sequence either of these along with the particular plant genome (s) of interest.