JGIota: Sequencing Shiitakes with David Hibbett
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David Hibbett (Clark University) fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have evolved. Episode Transcript Paper: A global phylogenomic analysis of the shiitake genus Lentinula The Lentinula genomes are publicly available on JGI’s MycoCosm data portal The JGI website also features a highlight summary of the paper: Tracing the Evolution of Shiitake Mushrooms This work was supported by the JGI’s Community Science Program. Find out how to become a JGI User here: https://jgi.doe.gov/user-programs/ 
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