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Transcriptomics reveal a mechanism of niche defense: two beneficial root endophytes deploy an antimicrobial GH18‐CBM5 chitinase to protect their hosts
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Preferential retention of genes from one parental genome after polyploidy illustrates the nature and scope of the genomic conflicts induced by hybridization
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JGI announces final round of 2022 Functional Genomics awardees
Twice each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from potential users who need help translating genomic information into biological function. Through …
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Hot springs viruses at Yellowstone National Park have ancient origins and are adapted to thermophilic hosts
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Adaptation to Environmental Extremes Structures Functional Traits in Biological Soil Crust and Hypolithic Microbial Communities
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The Surprising Structure of a Shrub Willow Sex Chromosome
A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. … breed cultivars for the next generation. Understanding the mechanisms by which they reproduce can help guide breeding …
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Cold adaptive traits revealed by comparative genomic analysis of the eurypsychrophile Rhodococcus sp. JG3 isolated from high elevation McMurdo Dry Valley permafrost, Antarctica
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Getting to the Bottom of Fungal Functions Across Earth’s Forests
… registers the sound — one thing is for sure: there are lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species … and carbon storage — skills that matter increasingly as the climate warms. However, these are complicated interactions … fungal metatranscriptome yet,” said Igor Grigoriev, Fungal Genomics Program Head at the JGI.  Along with an improved …
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JGI@25: Studying Sorghum’s Survival Skills
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … sorghum’s potential to adapt and thrive in our changing climate has earned it a place on the JGI’s Flagship Plant … reference genome for Sorghum bicolor . Since then, 2,993 publications, 107 patent applications, and 53 patents have …
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Adaptation to herbivory by the Tammar wallaby includes bacterial and glycoside hydrolase profiles different from other herbivores
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Successional adaptive strategies revealed by correlating arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance with host plant gene expression
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Enzymatic Adaptation of Podospora anserina to Different Plant Biomass Provides Leads to Optimized Commercial Enzyme Cocktails
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