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… our warming world, we’ll need corn, sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water … Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists James Schable, Guangchao Sun and Vladimir Torrres have looked into traits that could transfer from …

… abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids … than any individual genome highlighting the fact that the genetic information in a single reference genome is … One Polyploid Species, Two Subgenomes Among the team’s findings is that the polyploid  B. hybridum formed more than …

… exploring a dark room with a flashlight, only able to clearly identify what falls within that single beam. When … approach to better understand microbial communities by looking at protein function within them. The work was led by … sequencing allows researchers to study the entire genetic makeup of these communities via whole genome …

… (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on … and evolutionary genomics .” Understanding the nature and genetic basis of functional traits in sphagnum growth and … pathway, but also have genes for sulfide oxidation. The findings lead them to speculate that these microbes could …

The JGI welcomes three new members to the JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland … who studies sediment-dwelling archaea, expressed his interest in giving a voice to JGI users who feel that … he said in his candidate statement. “I want to help JGI find a solution to this problem.” He also wants to assist …