Pradeep Reddy Marri

TL;DR: Evidence for artificial selection at a genome-wide scale, as well as with a set of O. glaberrima genes orthologous to O. sativa genes that are known to be associated with domestication, is detected, indicating convergent yet independent selection of a common set of genes during two geographically and culturally distinct domestication processes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors characterize and compare the microbiome of induced sputum in asthmatic and non-asthmatic adults, using the 454 GS FLX sequencer.

TL;DR: A 454-based whole genome shotgun sequence has been assembled, which covers 69% of the predicted genome size and 96% of protein-coding gene space, and an efficient genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach is being developed to catalog SNPs both within the mapping population and among diverse African farmer-preferred varieties of cassava.

TL;DR: The findings strongly suggest that commensal Neisseria serve as reservoirs of virulence alleles, and that they engage extensively in genetic exchange.

TL;DR: Findings indicate that evolutionary changes shaped by symbiotic interactions can follow different routes to achieve similar end points.