Introduction to Plant Genomics and Genome Assembly

This video is part of the Foundation in Computational Plant Science course at Michigan State University, the first course in the NSF-NRT IMPACTS (Integrated Training Model in Plant and Computational Sciences) training program. The Jupyter book for this course can be found at the following link: https://plantsandpython.github.io/Pla... This video provides a broad introduction to plant genomics and genome assembly. The learning objectives are as follows: • Develop a foundational understanding of makes up the genome and how genomes vary between plant species • Discuss the current state of plant genomics • Discuss the history and fundamentals of DNA sequencing technology • Understand the principles of genome assembly