GenomeMapper short read tool published in Genome Biology

Current short read analysis strategies use only a single reference, ignoring previously identified variants.

We have developed a graph mapping approach, that allows simultaneous mapping against all known variants, and thereby greatly increases the number of polymorphisms discovered.Simultaneous alignment of … Read the rest

Identify an EMS lesion in one week–SHOREmap paper published!

Traditional strategies for identification of causal mutations involve two discrete steps: recombinant genotyping and candidate gene sequencing.

To dramatically speed up identification of causative point mutations and small deletions, we provide the software package SHOREmap (http://1001genomes.org/downloads/shore.html), an extension of the … Read the rest

miR156/SPL paper published in Cell

Jia-wei’s paper, reporting the discovery of a new pathway that allows Arabidopsis thaliana to flower in the absence of inductive long days, has just been published in Cell

Back to back with a paper from the Poethig lab, on which … Read the rest