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… The JGI was honored to host some of the brightest minds in genetics as part of our  2022 … a wide range of new questions — from basic research, like learning how to optimize the gene editing function of … a genome — in plants to see how they impact gene and genome evolution. TEs are the largest component of a genome …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better … that bacteria living within a host (endosymbionts) have on fungal host reproduction, and the reproductive genes they … control over reproduction was a likely key to this evolutionary transition. Using this model, researchers also …

… have been elected to the User Executive Committee of the Joint Genome Institute, a Department of Energy user … professor at Michigan State University. He studies fungal biodiversity, ecology, and evolution, with a focus on microbiome sciences and fungal …

… New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … them down.  Lignin is a structural component for the plant, like the brick-and-mortar of a building or the human … conducted RNA sequencing and alignment to the reference fungal  genome . The study’s pivotal NMR (nuclear magnetic …

… early Earth conditions. The Science Through a combination of sequencing tools and techniques applied to samples … and elsewhere provide researchers with insights into the evolution of life on Earth. For decades, longtime JGI … key role in redox processes important in the formation and evolution of early life on Earth. One of the questions is …