Grass Genome Initiative (IGGI)

Organizers:
Jeffrey L. Bennetzen(University of Georgia) and Katrien Devos(University of Georgia)
Date: Monday, January 16, 2012
Time: 12:50 PM-3:00 PM
Room: Sunrise
Chair:
Katrien Devos
12:50 PM
W399
Gene Amplification and Diversification During Speciation of the Grasses
Jianhong Xu, Zhejiang University; Joachim Messing, Rutgers University

1:15 PM
W400
Structure and Evolution of the Foxtail Millet Genome
Katrien Devos, University of Georgia; Xuewen Wang, University of Georgia; Xiaomei Wu, University of Georgia; Hao Wang, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia; Uffe Hellsten, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute; Jeremy Schmutz, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, USA ; Dan Rokhsar, DOE Joint Genome Institute; Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, University of Georgia

1:40 PM
W401
Eragrostis tef Genome and Transcriptome Sequencing
Gina Cannarozzi, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern; Laurent Falquet, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics ; Zerihun Tadele, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern

2:05 PM
W402
Twenty to Ten: Centromere Loss and Retention during the Descent of Maize from a Tetraploid Ancestor
Hao Wang, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia; Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, University of Georgia

2:30 PM
W403
Seventy Million Years of Concerted Evolution of a Homoeologous Chromosome Pair, in Parallel in Major Poaceae Lineages
Andrew Paterson, University of Georgia Plant Genome Mapping Lab; Xiyin Wang, University of Georgia/Hebei United University; Haibao Tang, J. Craig Venter Institute

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