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… when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break … dataset was particularly important for characterizing fungal genes, because, unlike bacteria, they often carry …
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… insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for … allows Miscanthus to both inform and benefit from breeding programs of related candidate bioenergy feedstock crops such … to novel traits. M. sinensis is a tetraploid, with four sets of chromosomes; the study showed that these sets …
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… to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one … They play key roles in global carbon cycling, are sources of natural products, and have potential as biofuel … metagenome datasets, MycoCosm for comparative analysis of fungal genomes, and Phytozome for comparing plant genomes. …
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… of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … in finding ways to boost visibility of the CSP to encourage more plant proposals and provide feedback on … Area. He has partnered with the JGI through several user programs. He’s also bringing his fungal genetics expertise …
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