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Dr. Anne Thessen (Associate Professor, Genetics)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. Anne Thessen (Associate Professor, Genetics) was co-senior author of a paper titled “Post-GWAS Prioritization of Genome-Phenome Association in Sorghum\u201d in the latest issue of Agronomy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The study introduces the Sequential SNP Prioritization Algorithm (SSPA) to investigate the genetic underpinnings of two key phenotypes in\u00a0Sorghum bicolor<\/em>: maximum canopy height and maximum growth rate.\u00a0 From the abstract:\u00a0 \u201cEmpirical evidence, including ontology-based gene function, spatial and temporal expression, and similarity to known homologs demonstrates that SSPA effectively prioritizes SNPs and genes influencing the phenotype of interest, providing valuable insights for functional genetics research.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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