Presenter: Andrea Gschwend, Horticulture & Crop Science Assistant Professor
Title: Utilizing comparative genomics to identify genetic novelty underlying sex determination and fitness
Abstract: Comparative genomics can be an invaluable tool to identify the genetics that underlie important phenotypes. With the ever-improving technology and affordability of genome sequencing, comparative genomics is becoming a popular research approach for species across the tree of life. During this seminar, I will share the results from 2 projects in which we used comparative genomics techniques to identify genetic novelty in papaya and Drosophila. I will end by discussing our ongoing grapevine projects and how we will use comparative genomics to identify evolutionary events and genetic novelty in wild and cultivated grapevine species.
