• compared the whole genome sequence of multiple lines of Drosophila simulans to the assembly of D. melanogaster and D. yakuba. (wikipedia.org)
  • This was done by aligning DNA from whole genome shotgun sequences of D. simulans to a standard reference sequence before carrying out whole genome analysis of polymorphism and divergence. (wikipedia.org)
  • This thematic series of companion papers constitutes the initial exploration of the genome biology of the waterflea (Daphnia) building on the first complete crustacean genome sequence. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Sequence analysis of the Daphnia pulex genome holds some surprises that could not have been anticipated from what was learned so far from other arthropod genomes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are highly variable features of all genomes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • ERGA aims to sequence the genomes of all European species and will for this establish an interdisciplinary workflow. (leibniz-lib.de)
  • Using long read sequencing of DNA and RNA we will improve the genome sequence assembly and annotation of the bufftailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris. (leibniz-lib.de)
  • The genome sequence of Eucalyptus grandis has recently become available and provides a resource to extend our understanding of defence in large woody perennials. (up.ac.za)
  • Based on the E. grandis genome sequence, we identified putative PR proteins based on sequence identity to the previously described plant PR proteins. (up.ac.za)
  • Strains used in whole organism Plasmodium falciparum vaccine trials differ in genome structure, sequence, and immunogenic potential. (umaryland.edu)
  • Capture-based enrichment method reveals extremely high genome-wide sequence diversity in Theileria parva , an intracellular pathogen of host lymphocytes. (umaryland.edu)
  • 2015. Editorial overview: Insect Genomics How to sequence 5,000 insect genomes? (k-state.edu)
  • This site represents information from a pre-competitive project between three partners, Rothamsted, Bayer, and Syngenta to sequence and assemble high quality genomes for 20 insect agricultural pests of world-wide importance. (pestgenomics.org)
  • TBG provides access to cutting-edge computational (large HPC clusters, genome browser) and lab infrastructure to sequence genomes. (hum-molgen.org)
  • Their results, published in a recent issue of Horticulture Research , reported the successful assembly of the 894.5 Mb lavender genome sequence distributed across 27 chromosomes, and could possibly be the best quality lavender sequence assembly, so far. (scitechdaily.com)
  • The Rice Genome Knowledgebase (RGKbase): an annotation database for rice comparative genomics and evolutionary biology. (openwetware.org)
  • Become familiar with the environment and functionality of the Web Apollo genome annotation editing tool. (slideshare.net)
  • Work in the lab includes sequencing and assembly of reference quality genomes, genome alignment and gene annotation, development and application of comparative genomic methods to discover differences in genes and gene expression, and the use of statistical approaches to link phenotypic to genomic changes [1-10]. (hum-molgen.org)
  • In the study of Schizosaccharomyces pombe (more commonly known as fission yeast), a popular model organism, population genomics has been used to understand the reason for the phenotypic variation within a species. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, since the genetic variation within this species was previously poorly understood due to technological restrictions, population genomics allows us to learn about the species' genetic differences. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Parasite and Vector Genomics group applies genomic and transcriptomic sequencing data to profile variation among individuals and divergence among species to understand the basic biology underlying vector-borne disease transmission, with a focus on malaria. (broadinstitute.org)
  • The 2021 meeting will discuss recent advances in social insects, with an emphasis on new findings made possible by the sequencing of the genomes and transcriptomes of dozens of species (ants, bees, wasps, termites). (cshl.edu)
  • We analysed the genomes of two lower and one higher termite species and compared them to the genome of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica , as a closely related non-eusocial outgroup. (nature.com)
  • This valuable study links natural variation in a steroidal glycoalkaloid to disease and insect resistance in potato species. (elifesciences.org)
  • A wide range of secondary metabolites with antimicrobial or anti-insect properties has been identified in diverse plant species ( 25 - 27 ), suggesting that secondary metabolites can play a direct role in plant immunity. (elifesciences.org)
  • Insects are the most species rich class of metazoans with a huge variation in various traits making them the ideal system to investigate general principles of the evolutionary dynamics underlying major innovations based on a comparative genomics framework. (dfg.de)
  • have proposed that within a given bacterial genus (including Rickettsia ), pathogenic species have smaller genomes than nonpathogenic species ( 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Insects, being the most species rich phylum of higher eukaryotes, are a particularly promising and amenable system to study the complexities of evolutionary innovations. (leibniz-lib.de)
  • Reference genomes provide the most complete insight into the genetic basis that forms each species and represent a powerful resource in understanding how biodiversity functions. (leibniz-lib.de)
  • N. valhalla does have the noteworthy distinction of being the first insect species to be described alongside its fully sequenced genome, and the Rice University researchers who discovered it are preparing to see how the tiny, nonstinging wasps may have been impacted by Houston's historic February 2021 freeze. (rice.edu)
  • Brandão returned to Egan's group in 2018 for graduate school, and though Brandão's primary research centers on the use of environmental DNA to detect endangered or invasive species, everyone in the lab pitches in each spring to study insects of family Cynipidae. (rice.edu)
  • When DNA tests revealed two species, the researchers took a closer look at their catch and noticed a few smaller insects with lighter colored legs. (rice.edu)
  • We focus on insecticide resistance as our microevolutionary model, and the comparative genomics of enzymes from various insects in inter-species comparisons. (edu.au)
  • Results and discussion: The Large Pantoea Plasmids (LPP-1) of twenty strains encompassing seven different Pantoea species, including pathogens and endo-/epiphytes of a wide range of plant hosts as well as insect-associated strains, were compared. (uni-bielefeld.de)
  • At The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) I was part of the team that launched the field of parasite genomics, with the publication of the genome of several Plasmodium and trypanosomatid species, Theileria parva and Trichomonas vaginalis . (umaryland.edu)
  • Ongoing projects include the ( i ) the study of species biology and the nature of host-parasite interactions, based on comparative genomics and ( ii ) studies of speciation, drug resistance, vaccine efficacy and vaccine design, informed by population genomics data. (umaryland.edu)
  • Further analyses of the genomes of 72 arthropods species show that the loss of arginine synthesis is common in arthropods. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Odonate species have been extensively used for studying insect behaviour, ecology and evolution. (ezlab.org)
  • Many insect species are undergoing rapid population decline in recent decades due to anthropogenic changes to natural landscapes and climate. (lu.se)
  • Scientists in the Broad community are sequencing and analyzing the genomes of a wide range of insects and microorganisms to understand their genetic regulation, population variation, and specialized genomic mechanisms. (broadinstitute.org)
  • The goal of the Priority Programme is to exploit new methods to reveal in the insect taxon the role of: coding vs. regulatory changes, transposable elements, epigenetic regulation, gene family evolution, copy number dynamics, structural genomic rearrangements etc. in trait evolution by using multiple cutting edge quantitative OMICs resources (e.g. genomics, transcriptomics and epigenomics). (dfg.de)
  • Specifically, we solicit proposals that use a genome wide comparative approach to reveal the genomic dynamics, which underlie the evolution of novel traits. (dfg.de)
  • Much of our research pertains to the evolution of organelle or endosymbiont genomes and how the multiple genomic compartments that co-exist within eukaryotes interact to define basic cell function. (google.com)
  • Ewan's main areas of research include functional genomics, DNA algorithms, statistical methods to analyse genomic information (in particular information associated with individual differences in humans and Medaka fish) and use of images for chromatin structure. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Genome Sequencing of Multiple Isolates Highlights Subtelomeric Genomic Diversity within Fusarium fujikuroi . (k-state.edu)
  • With Diplura as sister clade to Insecta, the C. augens genome represents a key out-group reference for studying the emergence of genomic innovations in insects. (ezlab.org)
  • Our genomic data will propel such studies to the molecular level, as it will be the first publication describing a genome of an Odonata representative. (ezlab.org)
  • The Hiller Lab at the LOEWE Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (TBG) in Frankfurt, Germany is looking for a Postdoc to investigate the genomic underpinnings of convergent dietary adaptations in bats. (hum-molgen.org)
  • The postdoc will capitalize on more than 15 already-existing new bat genomes sequenced in the lab with HiFi and HiC, comprehensive comparative RNA-seq datasets and our powerful genomic methods repertoire (e.g. (hum-molgen.org)
  • Over the course of his 30-plus-year career, George Church has pioneered not one, but several transformative fields in medicine, including genomic sequencing, synthetic biology, and, most recently, genome engineering. (medscape.com)
  • Population genomics is a neologism that is associated with population genetics. (wikipedia.org)
  • We are interested in the population genetics and evolutionary genomics of adaptation , mainly by using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as an experimentally tractable model. (unifr.ch)
  • To address these longstanding problems we combine population genetics and population genomics, functional genetics, transcriptomics, physiology, and experimental evolution and apply them to natural and laboratory populations of D. melanogaster that are phenotypically differentiated for fitness-related traits. (unifr.ch)
  • We make extensive use of current DNA sequencing technologies and draw on multiple disciplines including population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular biology, and functional genomics to develop and address evolutionary questions. (google.com)
  • The effect of Buchnera genome evolution on gene expression levels has also been analysed in order to assess the constraints imposed by the obligate symbiosis with aphids, underlining the importance of some gene sets for the survival of the two partners. (biomedcentral.com)
  • While these observations were made on free-living bacteria, very few data exist on symbiotic bacteria characterized by reduced genomes, shaped by their adaptation to the host metabolic requirements and by their high evolution rate. (biomedcentral.com)
  • An extensive literature documenting physiological and ecological diversity make Daphnia an ideal model to study the genetic architecture of phenotypic variation in natural populations and the evolution of genome structure/function relationships in aquatic environments. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Genome Biology and Evolution. (usda.gov)
  • Bumblebee Phenotypic Evolution - We will study phenotypic evolution in bumblebees, repeatability of evolution and evolutionary constraints using genomics and transcriptomics. (leibniz-lib.de)
  • 2022. Genome resequencing reveals rapid, repeated evolution in the Colorado potato beetle. (uvm.edu)
  • Genome Biology and Evolution 13(3): evab036. (uvm.edu)
  • to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to [email protected]) ********************GradStudentPositions******************** BYU.Evol.Genomics.Insects Graduate positions: rapid genome evolution, biodiversity genomics, insect phylogeography Application deadline: Jan 15, 2024 The Sproul Lab at Brigham Young University is recruiting prospective PhD/MS students to begin Fall 2024. (mcmaster.ca)
  • Genome Biology and Evolution 7(11):3062-3069. (k-state.edu)
  • We study genome function and evolution of humans and microbiomes. (ezlab.org)
  • No less importantly, our data will bring us closer to studying the evolution of early insect traits such as the emergence of wings and metamorphosis. (ezlab.org)
  • The main focus of the group are the evolution, genomics and ecology of host-parasite and host-mutualist interactions. (unibas.ch)
  • Understanding evolution requires the integration of knowledge across genomics, molecular and cell biology, development and ecology. (lu.se)
  • Indeed, bacterial genomes carry, on average, from 78% (for genomes containing the polymerase PolC) to 58% (for the other genomes) of their genes on the leading strand [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • G3, Genes/Genomes/Genetics. (usda.gov)
  • Learn to identify homologs of known genes of interest in your newly sequenced genome. (slideshare.net)
  • We aimed to complete the genomes to chromosome level and have accompanying gene annotations with curated models from the P450, UGT, ABC (see extra's section for list), and IRAC set (see extra's section for list) of genes to ensure research ready resources and that they are freely available upon completion of the project. (pestgenomics.org)
  • An examination revealed the presence of two serpin genes, each coding for two or three likely alternative reactive centre exon cassettes, respectively, also in the Caenorhabditis elegans genome, The occurrence of such serpin genes in some groups of metazoa reflects a parsimonious way to enlarge the adaptive ability of these organisms to cope with a plethora of different serine and cysteine proteases. (uni-bielefeld.de)
  • Then they identified the events that affected the entire lavender genome and specifically the terpenoid producing genes. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Finally, they associated genes on the lavender genome sequences with different terpenoids found in the plant, to construct gene-terpenoid networks. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Explaining their observations, Dr. Shi says, "Plants have the capacity to duplicate their genomes and when this happens there is freedom for the duplicated genes to evolve to do other things. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Then, synteny analyses using A. honmai draft genome sequences revealed that one locus contained the ecdysone receptor gene (EcR) and the other multiple CYP9A subfamily P450 genes. (bvsalud.org)
  • The aim is to define the potential of the different isolates as insect pathogens and as plant beneficials. (zhaw.ch)
  • In the genus Rickettsia, the pathogens R. rickettsii , R. prowazekii , R. sibirica , R. typhi , R. parkeri , and R. conorii have genomes of ≈1.2-1.3 Mb, whereas the apparently nonpathogenic R. bellii has a 1.5-Mb genome, similar to that of R. felis . (cdc.gov)
  • Dr Kathie Grant is an internationally recognised expert in the field of foodborne pathogens with 30 years experience in clinical and public health microbiology and a research interest in exploiting whole genome sequencing (WGS) of bacterial pathogens to improve the understanding and control of foodborne bacterial illness. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • With a better understanding of the lavender genome, scientists will have an easier time developing new varieties, which may produce high-quality essential oils, have strong ornamental uses, and are resistant to pathogens and climate fluctuations," he exclaims. (scitechdaily.com)
  • ATAC-seq, single-cell sequencing, spatial transcriptomics) and/or functional testing of emerging hypotheses using RNAi and/or genome editing should be considered for this or the subsequent round of funding. (dfg.de)
  • Potatoes are prone to infestation by a lot of insect pests, which cusses reduce yield quality and quantity. (scialert.net)
  • The potato tuber moth (PTM), Phthorimaea operculella , is considered one of the most earnest insect pests infesting the family Solanaceae 6 , 7 . (scialert.net)
  • 2022. Cross-protection interactions in insect pests: Implications for pest management in a changing climate. (uvm.edu)
  • Population genomics studies genome-wide effects to improve our understanding of microevolution so that we may learn the phylogenetic history and demography of a population. (wikipedia.org)
  • Esteban was attracted to the MSc Bioinformatics at Queen Mary due to the strong expertise in genomics bioinformatics. (qmul.ac.uk)
  • The lecturers on the course have a wide range of specialisms including tropical bats and insects, cancer and diabetes, and genome sequencing and plant genetics. (qmul.ac.uk)
  • Long terminal repeat (LTR) retroelements represent a successful group of transposable elements (TEs) that have played an important role in shaping the structure of many eukaryotic genomes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In 2015, he joined the National Human Genome Research Institute as a founding member of the Genome Informatics Section. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Ewan led the analysis of the Human Genome gene set, mouse and chicken genomes and the ENCODE project, focusing on non-coding elements of the human genome. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Topics of this meeting are comparative and functional genomics of caste determination, division of labor, phenotypic plasticity, learning, physiology and immunity. (cshl.edu)
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics 2010, 5(2):116-23. (openwetware.org)
  • Our methods involve field sampling of natural populations, crossing designs, genome editing, mitochondrial and plastid physiology, and computational biology. (google.com)
  • In 2021, our sustainability efforts sent more than 80 percent of waste from the Genomics Platform to either a recycling facility or to an incineration plant that generates electricity. (broadinstitute.org)
  • 2021. De novo whole genome assembly of the swede midge ( Contarinia nasturtii ), a specialist of Brassicaceae, using linked-read sequencing. (uvm.edu)
  • Microorganisms (including fungi, bacteria, and viruses) and insect vectors are both key model systems for genomics and important organisms for clinical medicine. (broadinstitute.org)
  • CDC is using AMD methods to better understand the diseases people get from tick and insect vectors. (cdc.gov)
  • The infective forms of T cruzi are contained in the feces of the insect vectors and gain entry into its mammalian hosts through contamination. (medscape.com)
  • Epimastigotes are an extracellular and noninfective form of the parasite found in the midgut of insect vectors, where they multiply by binary fission. (medscape.com)
  • This will allow the researcher to remove these loci to study genome wide effects or to focus on these loci if they are of interest. (wikipedia.org)
  • To address this question, here, we present a chromosome-level genome assembly of the parasitoid wasp Cotesia chilonis and reconstruct its amino acid biosynthetic pathway. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The large universal Pantoea plasmid LPP-1 plays a major role in biological and ecological diversification", Bmc Genomics , vol. 13, 2012, : 625. (uni-bielefeld.de)
  • Insect declines are a global issue with significant ecological and economic ramifications. (uos.ac.uk)
  • HOUSTON - (Jan. 24, 2022) - Its name sounds legendary, but the newly discovered insect Neuroterus (noo-ROH'-teh-rus) valhalla doesn't look or act the part. (rice.edu)
  • Applicants will need to make a statement (cover letter) how they are planning to contribute to the training of early career scientists in comparative and evolutionary genome analyses (and other OMICs). (dfg.de)
  • Genomics is a Big Data field now, and we develop tools to automate analyses. (ezlab.org)
  • In the environment, terpenoids have been shown to attract potential insect pollinators. (scitechdaily.com)
  • The mission of the Bacterial Genomics Group at Broad is to develop and implement 'omics methodologies to answer pressing questions related to bacteria and their role in human health. (broadinstitute.org)
  • It possesses a mosaic structure genome (size 1.48 Mb) with a high coding capacity (83%) that is typical of symbiotic bacteria ( 7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • But we also like to expand the taxonomic scope of our questions to include diverse organisms such as humans, insects, and bacteria, often with the help of collaborators. (google.com)
  • Insects heavily rely on bacteria for essential nutrients that are lacking in their diet. (lu.se)
  • Our main approach has been to use population genomics to identify candidate loci and polymorphisms and then to study and validate these candidates experimentally. (unifr.ch)
  • Insight into weevil biology from a reference quality genome of the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). (usda.gov)
  • The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) initiative is a pan-European scientific response to current threats to biodiversity. (leibniz-lib.de)
  • In partnership with the wider fungal research community, organisms have been targeted for sequencing as part of a cohesive strategy that considers both the value of sequencing data to research, health, agriculture, and industry, as well as its value in comparative genomics. (broadinstitute.org)
  • During this time, he pioneered the use of single-molecule sequencing for the reconstruction of complete genomes. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • You have done so many different things over the course of your career-everything from sequencing the genome and involvement in many companies related to that, to synthetic biology. (medscape.com)
  • Plant defences may involve pre-formed barriers or induced resistance mechanisms based on recognition of the invader, complex signalling cascades, hormone signalling, the activation of transcription factors and the production of pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins with direct antimicrobial or anti-insect activity. (up.ac.za)
  • We show evolutionary signatures of termite eusociality by comparing the genomes and transcriptomes of three termites and the cockroach against the background of 16 other eusocial and non-eusocial insects. (nature.com)
  • Previously genomics was restricted to only the study of a low amount of loci. (wikipedia.org)
  • Analysis of this data requires identification of non-neutral or outlier loci that indicate selection in that region of the genome. (wikipedia.org)
  • While most bats feed on insects, several independent lineages adapted to fruit- or nectar-based diets that are rich in sugars. (hum-molgen.org)
  • Normal insects infected with the uncultivable obligatory symbiont, Pantoea sp. (nature.com)
  • We offer tools for genomics analysis, protein analysis, and antibody screening techniques to provide a comprehensive approach to antigen discovery. (sigmaaldrich.com)
  • Antibody- and genome-based identification of recent HCV infection. (cdc.gov)
  • polishCLR: a Nextflow workflow for polishing PacBio CLR genome assemblies. (usda.gov)
  • In particular, we investigate how a mixture of natural selection and non-adaptive forces create and maintain the amazing diversity in genome size, structure, and function that exists across the tree of life. (google.com)
  • The mission of our group is to understand how nature's fascinating phenotypic diversity has evolved and how it is encoded in the genome. (hum-molgen.org)
  • An analysis of genome-wide data from a set of 113 red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius specimens, from five British museum collections, was used to quantify DNA preservation over time. (uos.ac.uk)
  • Additionally, to improve our analysis and further enable future research, we generated a novel assembly of the red-tailed bumblebee genome. (uos.ac.uk)
  • Miten Generating high-quality reference human genomes using Promethion nanopo. (slideshare.net)
  • The proportion of quality filtered reads mapping to our assembled reference genome was around 50%, and decreased by 1.1% per decade. (uos.ac.uk)
  • The Fungal Genomics group at the Broad Institute has sequenced and analyzed a wide range of fungal organisms that are important to medicine, agriculture, and industry. (broadinstitute.org)
  • As with other parasites that infect both mammalian and insect hosts, the life cycle of T cruzi is complex (see image below). (medscape.com)
  • T cruzi can also be transmitted when mammalian hosts ingest infected insects, and this mechanism of transmission may play a major role in maintaining the sylvatic cycle. (medscape.com)
  • Despite an important reduction in its genome size and an apparent decay of its capacity for regulating transcription, this work reveals a significant correlation between mRNA abundances and chromosomal organization of the aphid-symbiont Buchnera . (biomedcentral.com)
  • Genome of Rhodnius prolixus, an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection. (cdc.gov)
  • They also found that by using most of the genome conspecific strains didn't cluster in clades, raising questions about previous strategies used when investigating pathogen epidemiology. (wikipedia.org)
  • To enable a tightly-knitted network of collaborations, projects must target insects (but may also cover arthropod outgroups, e.g. spiders, for comparison). (dfg.de)
  • Population genomics has been of interest to scientists since Darwin. (wikipedia.org)
  • To find out the answers, a group of scientists from China has sequenced the genome of lavender, which is known in the scientific world as Lavandula angustifolia. (scitechdaily.com)
  • In addition, the scientists were able to show that lavender has exclusively undergone major genetic events, including two whole genome duplications, which allowed them to better adapt and thrive in colder Mediterranean weather conditions. (scitechdaily.com)