Linum usitatissimum
Resiliency: Linum usitatissimum- what is the structure of resilience?
For this series, a segment of flax DNA was transcribed for an 8 harness loom. The gene woven here, whose specifics can be found below, has been associated with flax’s resiliency during drought and environmental stress. Woven in overshot, a technique used in traditional Appalachian coverlets, the structure of the gene can be visualized.
Organism: Linum usitatissimum
Transcript Name: Lus10013166 (primary)
Location: scaffold359:377647..378581 forward
Description: (1 of 10) K13464 - jasmonate ZIM domain-containing protein (JAZ)
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Resiliency (Part I): Linum usitatissimum
natural & deconstructed linen
47.5” x 43”
2017
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Resiliency (Part II): Linum usitatissimum47.5” x 43”
2017
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natural & deconstructed linen
58” x 43”2018
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Resiliency (Star Constellation): Linum usitatissimum
natural & deconstructed linen
51” x 43”
2018
natural & deconstructed linen
51” x 43”
2018
On view at the Denison Museum, January 17 - April 10, 2022
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