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ABOUT
The genetic resources group at Brigham Young University is focused on providing the highest quality mentoring experiences for our undergraduate and graduate students while developing solutions to world food problems using cutting edge technologies in genomics and biotechnology.
We’ve developed a hands-on laboratory environment where students are trained on state-of-the-art technology by expert researchers and then challenged with pertinent research projects in plant genetics. Our goal is to empower students to be innovators, to think critically and to participate in the scientific method.
Current projects in the laboratory include identification of novel molecular markers (SSRs and SNPs), association of genotypic variation with phenotypic variation, genetic diversity of natural and cultivated populations of food crops and plants, gene expression through microarray and RNA-seq, genome sequencing, and cytogenetic analysis. Major funding for our projects is provided via a Collaborative Crop Research Program grant from the McKnight Foundation, the Benson Agriculture and Food Institute, National Science Foundation, Mentored Research Environment grants from BYU, Cotton Inc., and the UDSA Forest Service.
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