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Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to … desert shrub that’s native to North America: guayule.  This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the …

Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global lineages . Come harvest time, … out of the green pods in every direction. There are 100 million families around the world whose livelihoods … to other plant genomes. “Globally, cotton is the premier natural fiber crop of the world, a major oilseed crop, and …

The chromosome-scale genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to disease-resistance that could prove fruitful for saving Citrus from greening disease. You’ve probably never … sour fruit. Yet this plant, native to China and now disseminated around the globe, often as a rootstock for  Citrus …

The mission of the Joint Genome Institute is to serve the scientific community as … At the completion of a project, the JGI makes the assemblies, gene annotations, and analyses available to the …

… appointments at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … look at carbon storage, you’ll find that they contribute 10-15% of the carbon stored in coastal sediments,” said … research projects to advance our understanding of the natural world,” added Sara Bender of the Gordon and Betty …

In this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which genes …

… of those shared by both humans and flowering plants). Its genome also contains hundreds of genes uniquely associated … (Hear more from on Chlamy from Sabeeha Merchant in this episode of JGIotas, a Genome Insider podcast minisode.) … specific algae. The reference genome is cited in roughly 10% of all since-released publications on green algae. “The …