Genetic basis of silver birch adaptation to local environments and disease
Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
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- 71900000 Laboratory services
- 73111000 Research laboratory services
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Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew awarded this contract to EDINBURGH GENETICS LIMITED worth £129,000 on 18 Nov 2022. The contract runs until 28 Feb 2023.
Description
RBG Kew wishes to appoint a supplier to sequence whole genomic DNA from over 2000 silver birch (Betula pendula) trees to 20X genome coverage. Betula pendula has a genome size of 440 Mbp, so 20X coverage is ~9Gbp of sequence read data.
DNA extractions from either dried leaf material or cambium tissues will be performed at RGB Kew, and DNA from each sample will be provided in individually labelled 2ml Eppendorf tubes. We will also send 20 spare samples in case some DNA is degraded.
Additional information: You are hereby invited by RBG Kew to submit a tender to meet the requirements in accordance with the specification and associated documents as contained within the tender pack.
Full information about the tender and the tender documents can be found as follows:
https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/go/8642667601839E373134
ITT: itt_10743 - RBGKEW1103 Genetic basis of silver birch adaptation to local environments and disease
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