This blog features voices from PacBio — and our partners and colleagues — discussing the latest research, publications, and updates about HiFi sequencing.
It has recently become apparent how important it is to sequence more than one individual to characterize the genomic variation within a species. This makes sense if you consider that…
It’s not unusual for progeny to outperform their parents, and it’s often the goal in plant breeding. But tracing the molecular basis of such heterosis can be difficult, especially…
What better way to start the year than a gathering of thousands of stellar scientists? We were excited, once again, to attend the Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) Conference in…
Maize researchers have been rejoicing over a New Year’s gift delivered by a group of 33 scientists: A 26-line “pangenome” reference collection. The multi-institutional consortium of researchers used the Sequel…
What makes one strain of cannabis have potent psychoactive properties, and another more suitable for medicinal purposes? Scientists are several steps closer to figuring it all out, thanks to PacBio…
By Ángel Vergara Cruces, Universidad de Málaga Plant geneticists have achieved a sweet feat: the first assembly of the octoploid strawberry genome. As reported in Nature Genetics earlier this year,…
With its unique medicinal and psychoactive compounds, the popularity of cannabis is spreading… well, like a weed. Now legal in 10 states for recreational use, and in 33 for medical…
One of the fastest growing global foods is also one of its most vulnerable. Without an adaptive immune system, the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, rely on cellular and humoral…
The modern world might benefit from a return to our ancient roots by expanding the cultivation of one of the first domesticated crops, broomcorn millet. Foodies will appreciate that the…
For the thousands of scientists who attended The Plant and Animal Genome Conference in San Diego this January, the sentiment seemed to be “ask not if PacBio is for you,…
It took nearly 20 years until the technology was right, and five years of hard graft by more than 100 scientists from 16 institutions, but the result was worth it,…
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) may be powerful tools for the identification of genes underlying complex traits, but what if you have an incredibly complex, uncharacterized genome, with no sequenced progenitor…
The first reference genome for maize variety B73, completed in 2009, was a major milestone, and an improved version released by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory scientists in 2017 provided a…
Revered around the world, rice is a staple food for nearly half of the population. But as that population grows, rice breeders are faced with the challenge of producing crops…
A publication from the Molecular Plant journal demonstrates the use of SMRT Sequencing to characterize activity of transposable elements in Magnaporthe oryzae, the destructive fungus responsible for rice blast disease….
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