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… people and the environment. This includes studying the diversity, physiology and community ecology of microbes …

… that can move to another location in the genome. Many plant pathogens such as the fungi that cause poplar leaf rust, are rich in transposons, which may help the pathogens evade a plant’s defenses. Understanding the role … User Facility, and others like it, are uncovering the true diversity of the fungal kingdom. The abundance of fungal …

… Genomics Lead Dan Rokhsar , Molecular Biology & Genetics Staff Data Scientist Asaf Salamov, Plant & Animal … Plant & Animal Science and Molecular Biology & Genetics categories Microbial Systems research group lead … ranging from industrial production to agricultural plant pathogens. Reported in Nature Genetics, the work is part of …

… was published online June 8, 2014 in the journal Nature Genetics . “Common beans are a major societal crop for those … dicot,” Schmutz explained, meaning the plant’s reduced genetic diversity makes it easier to genetically manipulate. One …

… of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a “diversity generating retroelement,” or DGR. The DGR could … surprisingly active. In viruses, DGRs appear to generate diversity quickly, allowing these viruses to target new … could then use these proteins to recognize individual pathogens and pull them out, like fish on a fishing line, …

… define, quantify, and functionally characterize microbial diversity. The Symposium will also focus on experimental … lineages, leading to a new appreciation for the extent of diversity. The phylogenetic and functional characterization of this novel …

… is focusing on the identification and analysis of Mobile Genetic Elements from Metagenomic Data.  Mateus’s GitHub …