Cracking the pear genome: How students helped unlock a new tool for the pear industry
Pears are big business in the Pacific Northwest US. But did you know that traditional pear breeding has remained largely unchanged for centuries?
Pears are big business in the Pacific Northwest US. But did you know that traditional pear breeding has remained largely unchanged for centuries?
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 15, 2024
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An international research team led by Nanjing Agricultural University and BGI, has completed the first genomic sequence of pear by an approach using the combination of BAC-by-BAC strategy and next-gen sequencing. The pear ...
Biotechnology
Nov 19, 2012
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The first sequencing of the Asiatic pear genome has recently been completed by an international consortium of seven worldwide universities and institutions including the University of Illinois.
Biotechnology
Jun 12, 2012
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An international pear genome consortium, comprised of seven universities and institutes, has completed the first pear genomic sequence in the world. The early access of pear genomic data is now available online (http://peargenome.njau.edu.cn). ...
Biotechnology
Jun 6, 2012
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