Floral Genome Project

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|formation = 2001

|type = Academic Research

|headquarters = Penn State University
University of Florida
Cornell University

|location = {{flagicon|USA}} United States

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|website = [http://fgp.bio.psu.edu/ Official website]

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The Floral Genome Project is a collaborative research cooperation primarily between Penn State University, University of Florida, and Cornell University. The initial funding came from a grant of $7.4 million from the National Science Foundation. The Floral Genome Project was initiated to bridge the genomic gap between the most broadly studied plant model systems. According to the [http://www.floralgenome.org/ website], the following are the aims of the project:

{{quote|The Floral Genome Project will investigate the origin, conservation, and diversification of the genetic architecture of the flower, and develop conceptual and real tools for evolutionary functional genomics in plants.}}