Research-pgr: Dissecting The Dynamic Evolution Of Paralogs In Shaping Trait Variation Across The Solanum Pan-genome -the…

Purpose

National Science Foundation awarded $4.8M to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory for Research-pgr: dissecting the dynamic evolution of paralogs in shaping trait variation across the solanum pan-genome -the growing population and climate extremes are threatening food security. agriculture is largely based on a few major crops, and revolutionary technologies in genome sequencing and crispr genome engineering are accelerating their improvement. these technologies can also improve ?orphan? crops, which are not widely cultivated or studied but have the potential to increase the diversity and resilience of food production. orphan crops are related to major crops, allowing translation of knowledge between them. however, orphan crops lack research tools, and an even greater challenge is determining whether specific genetic mutations that benefitted major crops…