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Needle Retention in Christmas Trees: Balsam, Canaan, and Fraser fir

Needle Retention in Christmas Trees: Balsam, Canaan, and Fraser fir

Needle Retention in Christmas Trees: Balsam, Canaan, and Fraser fir

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Transcriptomics of Tamarack Needle Senescence

Transcriptomics of Tamarack Needle Senescence

Transcriptomics of Tamarack Needle Senescence

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Genome Assembly of Sugar Maple and Box Elder

Genome Assembly of Sugar Maple and Box Elder

Genome Assembly of Sugar Maple and Box Elder

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Conifer genome annotation: Douglas-fir

Conifer genome annotation: Douglas-fir

Conifer genome annotation: Douglas-fir

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Examining Resistance to Emerald Ash Borer in Green Ash

Examining Resistance to Emerald Ash Borer in Green Ash

Examining Resistance to Emerald Ash Borer in Green Ash

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Epigenetics of Sugar Pine to examine WPBR Resistance

Epigenetics of Sugar Pine to examine WPBR Resistance

Epigenetics of Sugar Pine to examine WPBR Resistance

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Comparative genomics across Juglandaceae

Comparative genomics across Juglandaceae

Comparative genomics across Juglandaceae

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Toward Genomic Selection in Loblolly Pine

Toward Genomic Selection in Loblolly Pine

Toward Genomic Selection in Loblolly Pine

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

PLANT COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS LAB – JILL WEGRZYN

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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