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Todd Hazelrigg w/ Genome-Superstition
Todd Hazelrigg and Genome jamming Stevie Wonder #39;s Superstition at The Spot on Broadway

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Global research team decodes chickpea genome
Global research team decodes chickpea genome In a scientific breakthrough that promises improved grain yields and quality, greater drought tolerance and disease resistance, and enhanced genetic diversity, a global research team has completed high-quality sequencing of not one but ninety genomes of chickpea. Nature Biotechnology, the highest ranked journal in the area of biotechnology, featured the reference genome of the CDC Frontier chickpea variety and genome sequence of 90 cultivated and wild genotypes from 10 different countries, as an online publication on 27 January 2013. The paper provides a map of the structure and functions of the genes that define the chickpea plant. It also reveals clues on how the sequence can be useful to crop improvement for sustainable and resilient food production toward improved livelihoods of smallholder farmers particularly in marginal environments of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The research milestone was the result of years of genome analysis by the International Chickpea Genome Sequencing Consortium (ICGSC) led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) headquartered in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India, involving 49 scientists from 23 organizations in 10 countries. Link to full paper on Nature Biotechnology Journal: http://www.nature.com

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It Takes a Genome How a Clash Between Our Genes and Book Review
http://www.qbba.com Human beings have astonishing genetic vulnerabilities. More than half of us will die from complex diseases that trace directly to those vulnerabilities, and the modern world weve created places us at unprecedented risk from them....

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New Technology and ENCODE Reveals Incredible Genome
New Technology Reveals More Genome Complexity http://www.icr.org ENCODE Reveals Incredible Genome Complexity and Function http://www.icr.org

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Chickpea genome decoded
In a breakthrough that promises improved grain yields and quality, greater drought and disease resistance and enhanced genetic diversity, a global research team has completed high-quality sequencing of not one but 90 genomes of chickpea. For more log on to http://www.newsx.com Follow NewsX on Facebook at https

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In a major breakthrough, a team of global scientists led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have decoded the genome sequence of chickpea or chana.

The genome sequencing would help plant breeders develop newer varieties that can yield more and are drought and disease tolerant. The development assumes significance as India is the largest producer, consumer and importer of chickpea.

It will be a boon to small farmers as genome sequencing will play a crucial role in accelerating the development of new and improved varieties, said William Dar, Director-General, ICRISAT. Genome sequencing could help raise the yield potential to about 2 tonnes per hectare from the current 1 t per ha, he said.

About 49 scientists from 23 organisations in 10 countries, including the Indian Council of Agriculture Research, collaborated in the genome analysis. The Hyderabad-based ICRISAT led the International Chickpea Genome Sequencing Consortium that sequenced 90 chikpea genomes. The University of California-Davis, BGI-Shenzen and research partners in countries such as Canada, Australia and Germany collaborated in the genome analysis.

An estimated 28,269 genes of chickpea were identified during the project that last for more than two years, said Rajeev Varshney, leader of the chickpea genome sequencing consortium.

Varshney said the sequencing would help reduce the time to breed new chick pea varieties as plant breeders would now have access to genes with the required traits. Currently, it takes four to eight years to breed a new chickpea variety.

Chick pea is mainly grown by small and marginal farmers. Any breakthrough in research through new varieties would help farmers realise better incomes, said Ashish Bahuguna, Agriculture Secretary.

Chickpea is the second largest pulse crop in the world, grown in about 11.5 million hectares. The highly nutritious crop is grown mostly by poor farmers and in dry areas. Besides India, chana is also is grown in a number of African countries including Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya. It is also an important component of the pulse industry in Australia, Canada and the US.

Vishwanath.kulkarni@thehindu.co.in

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Icrisat-led global team decodes genome sequence of chickpea

New delhi, Jan 28:

In a major breakthrough, a team of global scientists led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have decoded the genome sequence of chickpea or chana.

The genome sequencing would help plant breeders develop newer varieties that can yield more and are drought and disease tolerant. The development assumes significance as India is the largest producer, consumer and importer of chickpea.

It will be a boon to small farmers as genome sequencing will play a crucial role in accelerating the development of new and improved varieties, said William Dar, Director-General, ICRISAT. Genome sequencing could help raise the yield potential to about 2 tonnes per hectare from the current 1 t per ha, he said.

About 49 scientists from 23 organisations in 10 countries, including the Indian Council of Agriculture Research, collaborated in the genome analysis. The Hyderabad-based ICRISAT led the International Chickpea Genome Sequencing Consortium that sequenced 90 chikpea genomes. The University of California-Davis, BGI-Shenzen and research partners in countries such as Canada, Australia and Germany collaborated in the genome analysis.

An estimated 28,269 genes of chickpea were identified during the project that last for more than two years, said Rajeev Varshney, leader of the chickpea genome sequencing consortium.

Varshney said the sequencing would help reduce the time to breed new chick pea varieties as plant breeders would now have access to genes with the required traits. Currently, it takes four to eight years to breed a new chickpea variety.

Chick pea is mainly grown by small and marginal farmers. Any breakthrough in research through new varieties would help farmers realise better incomes, said Ashish Bahuguna, Agriculture Secretary.

Chickpea is the second largest pulse crop in the world, grown in about 11.5 million hectares. The highly nutritious crop is grown mostly by poor farmers and in dry areas. Besides India, chana is also is grown in a number of African countries including Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya. It is also an important component of the pulse industry in Australia, Canada and the US.

Vishwanath.kulkarni@thehindu.co.in

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Global team led by ICRISAT scientists decode genome sequence of chana

The fruit fly Drosophila has long been one of the workhorses of genetics and developmental biology. But for many genomic studies, fruit flies have had one big disadvantage: their small size.

As sequencing has become more sophisticated, experiments that were not possible in the fly just a few years ago, such as analyzing gene expression changes in a few cells, are now quite possible, says Don Fox, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology.

Fox is taking advantage of that new potential to investigate two separate but partially overlapping areas of study. First of all, he wants to know which genes spring into action when tissues get injured and how that changes as flies advance into old age. Second, his lab is preoccupied with cells in the fly gut that are particularly prone to duplicating their genomes, forming genomically unstable polyploid cells similar to those that turn up in many human cancers. Fox wants to know exactly what it is that makes those cells unstable.

He is using sequencing approaches both to characterizethosepolyploidgenomesandto explore gene expression changes over time, with data generated in the IGSPs Genome Sequencing & Analysis Core Resource. Fortunately for Fox who arrived at Duke a year ago well-versed in genetics and cell biology and just beginning to tackle questions on a genomic scale his new lab is positioned right across the hallway from his colleague and long-time IGSP member Dave MacAlpine.

MacAlpine and his team are experts in genome biology,havingplayed animportantrolein modENCODE, an effort to classify all of the regulatory elements in the fly genome. The MacAlpine and Fox labs meet weekly in what is a mutually beneficial collaborative arrangement; Fox gains support in genomics and bioinformatics while MacAlpine gainssupportinmovingfromapproachesin Drosophila cell lines to those in whole fruit flies.

Its allowed my lab to be kind of fearless, Fox says. We can take on these bioinformatics-heavy experiments, which can easily be overwhelming. When I was contemplating where to start a lab, that opportunity for collaboration at Duke was a huge selling point.

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