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Regulatory Regions Highlighted in Mouse Embryo

Next gen sequencing technology pinpoint 'on-off switches' in genomes

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created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the University of California, San Diego have developed a set of molecular tools ...


Sorghum Diversity

Scientists publish complete genetic blueprint of key biofuels crop

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created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and several partner institutions have published the sequence and analysis of the complete genome of sorghum, a major food and ...





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Expanded version of Phytozome.net released

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An enhanced version of Phytozome.net, a web portal for comparative plant genomics geared to advance biofuel, food, feed, and fiber research, has been released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute ...


Exploring standards to advance microbial genomics

Exploring standards to advance microbial genomics

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created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microbes contribute to manifold human endeavors ranging from bioenergy to agriculture to medicine. Moreover, they make the Earth's biogeochemical cycles go round, a prerequisite for all life on the planet. ...


Establishing standard definitions for genome sequences

Establishing standard definitions for genome sequences

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In 1996, researchers from major genome sequencing centers around the world convened on the island of Bermuda and defined a finished genome as a gapless sequence with a nucleotide error rate of one or less ...


Dry Soybean Pod

Joint Genome Institute completes soybean genome

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created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has released a complete draft assembly of the soybean (Glycine max) genetic code, making it widely available to the research community to advance ...


DNA of uncultured organisms sequenced using novel single-cell approach

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences have assembled high quality, contamination-free draft genomes of uncultured biodegrading microorganisms ...


DOE unveils experimental metagenomics data

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created Mar 30, 2006 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute has released IMG/M, an experimental metagenome data management and analysis system.


Massive reanalysis of genome data solves case of the lethal genes

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 18, 2007 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 1

It is better to be looked over than overlooked, Mae West supposedly said. These are words of wisdom for genome data-miners of today. Data that goes unnoticed, despite its widespread availability, can reveal extraordinary ...


Duckweed Collection

Duckweed genome sequencing has global implications

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created Jul 08, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Three plant biologists at Rutgers' Waksman Institute of Microbiology are obsessed with duckweed, a tiny aquatic plant with an unassuming name. Now they have convinced the federal government to focus its attention ...


Trichoplax adhaerens

Genome of simplest animal reveals ancient lineage, confounding array of complex capabilities

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created Aug 22, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

As Aesop said, appearances are deceiving—even in life's tiniest critters. From first detection in the 1880s, clinging to the sides of an aquarium, to its recent characterization by the U.S. Department of ...


Genes from tiny algae shed light on big role managing carbon in world's oceans

Study shows how algae may cope with environmental change

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created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists from two-dozen research organizations led by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have decoded genomes of two ...



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