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Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 … allowing them to adapt to life on land. Learning that these genetic tools existed in close algal relatives  to … the Joint Genome Institute Community Science Program (CSP), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) …

… will have all of these features. As described July 22, 2019, in  Nature Microbiology , a team led by scientists at … As their small genomes can be easily manipulated through genetic engineering, inoviruses are used for several … itself within a host can lead to beneficial or antagonistic interactions with other co-infecting phages and with the …

… to produce good yields under water limiting conditions. Epigenetic Control of Drought Response in Sorghum (EPICON) is a … and how these conditions impact the crop and its microbiome. For three consecutive years (2016-2018), … of the National Academy of Science the week of December 2, 2019. While sorghum is drought-tolerant, the crop’s precise …

… opportunities in fields ranging from plant-microbe interactions to functional genomics. Hear from five of the Summer 2019 interns, who briefly shared their experiences below. … the Biophysics program. (Graduated from UC Merced in Spring 2019.) Mentor: Ben Cole, Genomics of Plant-Microbial …

… approved through the annual  Community Science Program (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint … generating their  genome sequences to improve breeding by genetic improvements. Apomixis is asexual reproduction … learning how environmental conditions influence viral-host interactions in three groups: cyanophages, bacteriophages, …