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Scott Emrich

Associate Professor, University of Tennessee (EECS)
Verified email at utk.edu
Cited by 13493

The B73 maize genome: complexity, diversity, and dynamics

…, P Van Buren, MW Vaughn, K Ying, CT Yeh, SJ Emrich… - science, 2009 - science.org
We report an improved draft nucleotide sequence of the 2.3-gigabase genome of maize, an
important crop plant and model for biological research. Over 32,000 genes were predicted, …

VectorBase: an updated bioinformatics resource for invertebrate vectors and other organisms related with human diseases

GI Giraldo-Calderón, SJ Emrich… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
VectorBase is a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases supported Bioinformatics
Resource Center (BRC) for invertebrate vectors of human pathogens. Now in its 11th year, …

Highly evolvable malaria vectors: The genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes

…, RS Cornman, A Crisanti, MJ Donnelly, SJ Emrich… - Science, 2015 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Control of mosquito vectors has historically proven to be an effective
means of eliminating malaria. Human malaria is transmitted only by mosquitoes in the genus …

Extensive introgression in a malaria vector species complex revealed by phylogenomics

…, RR Love, MK Lawniczak, MA Slotman, SJ Emrich… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Introduction The notion that species boundaries can be porous to introgression is increasingly
accepted. Yet the broader role of introgression in evolution remains contentious and …

SNP discovery via 454 transcriptome sequencing

WB Barbazuk, SJ Emrich, HD Chen, L Li… - The plant …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
A massively parallel pyro‐sequencing technology commercialized by 454 Life Sciences
Corporation was used to sequence the transcriptomes of shoot apical meristems isolated from …

Gene discovery and annotation using LCM-454 transcriptome sequencing

SJ Emrich, WB Barbazuk, L Li, PS Schnable - Genome research, 2007 - genome.cshlp.org
454 DNA sequencing technology achieves significant throughput relative to traditional
approaches. More than 261,000 ESTs were generated by 454 Life Sciences from cDNA isolated …

Genome of Rhodnius prolixus, an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection

…, FA Dias, G Dimopoulos, SJ Emrich… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Rhodnius prolixus not only has served as a model organism for the study of insect physiology,
but also is a major vector of Chagas disease, an illness that affects approximately seven …

VectorBase: improvements to a bioinformatics resource for invertebrate vector genomics

K Megy, SJ Emrich, D Lawson, D Campbell… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
VectorBase ( http://www.vectorbase.org ) is a NIAID-supported bioinformatics resource for
invertebrate vectors of human pathogens. It hosts data for nine genomes: mosquitoes (three …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing De Novo transcriptome assembly metrics for consistency and utility

ST O'Neil, SJ Emrich - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background Transcriptome sequencing and assembly represent a great resource for the study
of non-model species, and many metrics have been used to evaluate and compare these …

Global gene expression analysis of the shoot apical meristem of maize (Zea mays L.)

K Ohtsu, MB Smith, SJ Emrich, LA Borsuk… - The Plant …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
All above‐ground plant organs are derived from shoot apical meristems (SAMs). Global
analyses of gene expression were conducted on maize (Zea mays L.) SAMs to identify genes …