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… gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called … enabled by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … scientists have shown at least two microorganisms from different phyla are capable of methanogenesis. Using …

Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” … base state, they are diploids with two genome copies, one from each parent. Having three or more genome copies from …

The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around … years ago, when eelgrass traveled across the ocean current from Japan to colonize the southern California and Mexican … form of another species, so the scientists had to use the genome itself.   Approximately 67 million years ago, the …

Across four forests, researchers have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether or not anyone registers the sound — …