Developing high-quality genome assemblies for turfgrasses, including use of Hi-C
genome interaction data for manual scaffolding and assembly correction.
Also performing genome annotation via gene prediction and comparative analyses against other
turfgrass species. Heavily focused on
1. ancestry and evolution of economically important crops,
2. how genomic changes (including structural, repeat content, and gene space) affect phenotypic outcome,
and
3. the development of genomic resources that can be utilized in a breeding or genome editing program,
leading to the discovery of useful traits and new cultivar creation.
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