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… helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from …

… “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant … comprise a full third of each moss genome, and are almost four times the size of the next largest chromosome. As the … to evolve so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz already see how …

Energy Joint Genome Institute is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. … any statement of authorship are reproduced on all copies. JGI is not responsible for the contents of any off-site …

… underscores its value and importance in the fabric of our lives. In the United States, cotton production centers … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for … team. The work was a joint effort led by scientists at the  Center for Advanced Bioenergy and … to novel traits.  M. sinensis is a tetraploid, with four sets of chromosomes; the study showed that these sets …

Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots …