What is genotyping?
Genotyping is looking at specific, differences within a population of plants, and within specific areas of their genome, so that you can then use those selected areas of a plant’s genome in plant breeding
Read the storyGenotyping is looking at specific, differences within a population of plants, and within specific areas of their genome, so that you can then use those selected areas of a plant’s genome in plant breeding
Read the storyResearchers have identified the critical last pieces of a genetic defence system that gives oats resistance to soil pathogens
Read the storyThe secret recipe nature uses to make the diverse leaf shapes we see everywhere around us has been revealed in research
Read the storyIt is understood that a process called Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) plays an important role in the formation of membraneless organelles, but how is this important process regulated?
Read the storyThe team used a combination of 3D imaging, cell and clonal analysis and computational modelling to understand how carnivorous plant traps are shaped, showing how Utricularia gibba traps grow from a near spherical ball of cells into a mature trap capable of capturing prey
Read the storyMicrobial science may look at the microscopic, but the breadth of microbial research being done here at the John Innes Centre is massive, so here’s an A-Z covering some of it
Read the storyWith plant research stretching from the genetic to the gigantic, we thought it would be worth creating an A-Z of some of the key pieces of work being done here
Read the storyIn 1985 our History of Genetics Library gained a new book; a duplicate copy of the first edition of William Bateson’s ‘Mendel’s Principles of Heredity: A Defence’, three decades on, we’d like to take this treasure down from the shelves and open it up to a wider audience, explaining why it is so special, and to invite readers to examine the pages for themselves
Read the storyLast week we gave you the perspective of one of our most recent Group Leaders. This week, we have one of our more experienced; Professor Robert Sablowski on what it takes to be a Group Leader at a world-leading plant and microbial research institute
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