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The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do anything, they must find a host, and not just any host … in all kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic sequences to their hosts is crucial to understanding … into the same workflow, then uses a machine-learning model to give its integrated prediction a confidence score. …

Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was primarily on how plants interpret different light cues by altering their growth program, and on how plants coordinate their gene expression with light and temperature oscillations …

… in  Nature by an international consortium. With the genetic code of sugarcane, researchers were able to map the … protect other crops facing similar pathogens. Summary Many plants, sugarcane included, are polyploid and have multiple … Development (CIRAD), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science …

… like tiny natural engineers with special skills to break down pollutants and recycle carbon. They were part of an … vary wildly from spring to spring. These biodiversity hotspots harbor specialized microbial communities living in … loss of cell walls and a complex pattern of evolution for genes related to eating plant compounds in both the oceanic …