This project will involve using bioinformatic tools to assemble the genome of Oenothera harringtonii, a species of evening primrose that displays natural variation in its floral scent. This project will also involve lab work preparing genomic DNA libraries of this species to ultimately capture genetic differences between individuals producing and not producing the floral scent compound linalool. Genome assembly is an iterative process and requires the use of bioinformatic pipelines to clean, assemble, and reevaluate sequence data. This project will teach coding skills to understand and use these methods, as well and lab skills involved in DNA library preparation.