Agricultural genomics, chromosomes, genome and repetitive sequence evolution in crops, farm animals, models and wild relatives

In this project, you will investigate the large-scale organization of an agricultural species and its wild relatives. We will use genomic data from DNA sequencing, including methylation where appropriate. We will characterize the nature and chromosomal organization of the most abundant and rapidly evolving classes of DNA, including tandemly repeated sequences and transposable elements. We will characterize how these sequences are evolving and generating diversity, and use molecular cytogenetics to examine chromosomes in the microscope, and potentially look a new hybrids and breeding material. The results will give important information about genome evolution, wild species biodiversity and hybrids, and be valuable for breeding and generating molecular markers.