NSF Plant Genome Comparative Sequencing Program (PGCSP) Award

NSF Plant Genome Comparative Sequencing Program (PGCSP) Awards Iowa State University, AGI and University of Georgia Purdue and CSHL $816,000 to address the tempo (e.g., regular vs. episodic bursts), directionality (with respect to genomic contraction or expansion), and absolute scale of genome size change, over time, in a model system involving diploid and tetraploid cotton species. For award abstract and more about the NSF PGCSP, Details here.