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PLEASE NOTE This project has now finished and a new BBSRC project in wheat genomics has started, "Designing Future Wheat", running from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2022. Details can be found on the following web pages:    http://www.earlham.ac.uk/designing-future-wheat    https://www.jic.ac.uk/research/designing-future-wheat/    https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/projects/designing-future-wheat-dfw |
Quick Links: Theme 1 outputs BLAST the new assembly! (Clavijo et al.) Ensembl Plants (wheat) Grassroots Genomics Workshops |
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This project is a BBSRC strategic longer and larger (sLoLa) grant award that brings together complementary expertise in wheat genetics,
genomics and bioinformatics from four UK based institutes: The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC, now known as the Earlham Institute),
John Innes Centre (JIC), European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)
and Rothamsted Research (RRes). Functional genomics research is carried out in collaboration
with the University of California Davis (http://dubcovskylab.ucdavis.edu/wheat-tilling).
Access to accurate genome sequence assemblies of wheat varieties and progenitor species will unlock new sources of genetic
diversity for breeding and accelerate the production of new varieties. Genome assembles will also provide key foundations
for understanding the complex evolution and domestication of wheat and the functions of wheat genes. The exceptionally
large polyploid genome of wheat is a major barrier to genome sequencing and assembly because it is composed of three
closely- related and independently maintained genomes, each of which contains very large tracts of repetitive DNA that
make each of these three genomes much larger that the human genome. |
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