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Genome‐wide scans of selection highlight the impact of biotic and abiotic constraints in natural populations of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon
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Natural soil microbiome variation affects spring foliar phenology with consequences for plant productivity and climate‐driven range shifts
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Comparison of short-read and long-read metagenome assemblies in a natural soil community highlights systematic bias in recovery of high-diversity populations
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Complete Genome of Oil-Rich Alga Reveals Ideal Platform for Bioengineering
… precise gene targeting in the genome in the November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell. Auxenochlorella is an allodiploid … still able to reproduce asexually through mitosis. The alga naturally produces high amounts of oil and can grow with or … biotech applications. Engineers could manipulate these natural systems to tune gene activity without permanently …
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Biodesign
… DNA constructs:  Individually arrayed constructs, up to ~150 Kb in length  Pooled libraries such as sgRNA, promoter or …
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Frederik Schulz
… the interface of simple and complex life. Science . 376: 1453-1458 Nayfach et al. (2021) A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes. Nature Biotechnology 39, 499-509. Schulz et al. (2020) Giant virus diversity and host … FY2021 Austrian Academy of Sciences Fellowship (2011-2015) DAAD (“German Academic Exchange Service”) scholarship …
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Matthew Kellom
… environment, and using metagenomics to study these complex natural systems. Microbial communities living in …
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Axel Visel
… Laboratory and as an Adjunct Professor at the School of Natural Sciences at the University of California, Merced. … Xu J, Northen T, Visel A , Bristow J, Niyogi KK, Wei CL (2015).  Lineage-specific chromatin signatures reveal a … of lipid metabolism in microalgae .  Nature Plants 1: 15107 Lupiáñez DG, Kraft K, Heinrich V, Krawitz P, Brancati …
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A 34K SNP genotyping array for Populus trichocarpa: Design, application to the study of natural populations and transferability to other Populus species
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Natural Variation in Lignin and Pectin Biosynthesis-Related Genes in Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and Association of SNP Variants with Dry Matter Traits
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Altered Expression of Two Small Secreted Proteins (ssp4 and ssp6) Affects the Degradation of a Natural Lignocellulosic Substrate by Pleurotus ostreatus
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New Lineages of Life Group
… list available at Google Scholar. Dutkiewicz, Z. et al (2025) “ Proposal of Patescibacterium danicum gen. nov., sp. … phyl. nov .”  ISME Communications , Volume 5 Issue 1. Wittmers, F. et al (2024) “ Non-photosynthetic … meta-omic conclusions .”  Nature Communications Volume 15 Article 9873. Buscaglia, M. et all (2024) “ Adaptation …
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