Closing the gap in plant genomes

There are many reasons why plant genomes need to be accurately characterized, from enhanced crop breeding to identifying undiscovered genes and their associated function. However, their size and complexity can be a major obstacle in attempts to sequence them. Nanopore technology enables the analysis of short to ultra-long regions of DNA/RNA in real time, providing the ability to assemble highly contiguous, accurate genomes and precisely resolve structural variants, transposons and transgene insertions, alongside the ability to detect intact base modifications. Read this white paper to find out how researchers are using nanopore technology to further their understanding of plant genomes....