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HPC² NewsPeterson Wins 2012 Cotton Biotechnology AwardJanuary 28, 2013![]() Peterson, with colleagues Andrew Paterson from the University of Georgia, Jonathan Wendel from Iowa State University, Jeremy Schmutz from the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute, and Daniel Rokhsar from the University of California – Berkeley accepted the honor at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference in San Diego. Scientists from 31 international institutions contributed to the project. The award recognized the team's pioneering efforts over the past 12 years to map the genetic structure of the ancestors of upland cotton. Their work culminated in developing a "gold standard" genome sequence of Gossypium raimondii. They published their findings in the journal Nature. To view the full article, please see: Mississippi State University News. |
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