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A new paper released in Nature today reported the virtually complete draft genome of Oropetium thomaeum, a grass species that can regrow after extreme drought when water becomes available. The plant’s 245 Mb genome was analyzed with 72x coverage on the PacBio® RS II Sequencing System by scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and collaborating institutions. The resulting assembly is > 99.999% accurate and includes telomere and centromere sequence, long terminal repeat retrotransposons, tandem duplicated genes, and other difficult-to-access genomic elements. This plant was sequenced through Pacific Biosciences’ “Most Interesting Genome in the World” grant program to help scientists determine the biological mechanisms behind its drought resistance for potential application in crop engineering.
A new paper released in Nature today reported the virtually complete draft genome of Oropetium thomaeum, a grass species that can regrow after extreme drought when water becomes available. The plant’s 245 Mb genome was analyzed with 72x coverage on the PacBio® RS II Sequencing System by scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and collaborating institutions. The resulting assembly is > 99.999% accurate and includes telomere and centromere sequence, long terminal repeat retrotransposons, tandem duplicated genes, and other difficult-to-access genomic elements. This plant was sequenced through Pacific Biosciences’ “Most Interesting Genome in the World” grant program to help scientists determine the biological mechanisms behind its drought resistance for potential application in crop engineering.
