Research teams and commercial firms are increasingly using genome editing to address farm animal health and welfare, from viral resistance to physical traits.
Along with sequencing and resequencing on orphan crop plants, the team is providing professional development to spur genomics-assisted plant breeding in Africa.
Syngenta will be able to use the platform to evaluate, predict, compare, and select the best genetic makeup for crop molecular breeding and genomic selection.
DivSeek was established in 2015 to support the genomic characterization of the 7 million crop accessions currently being stored at gene banks around the world.
At the Plant and Animal Genome conference, a Danish researcher shared results from a SNP analysis of ancient grape seeds going back to the Medieval Period.
American customers' interest in their genetic ancestry continues to be the primary driver of the consumer genomics market and shows no signs of diminishing.
Radiant has built large-scale libraries of genetic diversity using a platform that combines sequencing, bioinformatics, synthetic biology, and other technologies.
