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Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … and adaptations, scientists want to take a further look into identifying genes related to biotic stresses to …

… start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata … Advanced Research on the Biology of Tree and Forest Ecosystems (ARBRE) (ANR-11-LABX 0002 01 to F. Martin), JGI …

… wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth (Toby) Kellogg and other researchers at the Danforth Plant … and they were all assembled de novo, which let the team look at presence/absence of whole genes,” Kellogg agreed. … and applying scientific advances to health, agriculture, learning, and commercialization. Opened in 2008, …

Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria (phototrophs) in Antarctica’s Ace Lake defy the norm when it … water and determined that the microbial communities look very different across each section. The biggest changes …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first … Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has looked for DGRs in a broad range of publicly available …

… [subhed -- copy to summary above^ as well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these … the right ingredients. Researchers collaborating across multiple institutions have sequenced and analyzed the …

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A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different … twilight zone, to the continuous pressure of the dark abyss, 4000 m (2.5 miles) deep. Scientists have wondered, how …

… is now applying his internship lessons on presentations to peatlands Travis Lawrence sits in his backyard in … they worked to develop a tool that leveraged machine learning to help users determine which computer program … often really focused and it informed me of what people were looking for and what I was probably missing,” Lawrence said. …