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How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science … include crop improvement insights that could benefit candidate biofuel crops. Summary On the TV show “Antiques … Grant-In-Aid of Research, and Society for the Study of Evolution Rosemary Grant Award to S.B.C.; NSF DEB-1239992 to …

Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and … (Berkeley Lab) describe a computational pipeline that can specifically scan for those snowflakes, or RNA virus … one of the senior authors on the paper, of the uncovered viral diversity. “Although the technical challenges of data …

In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample Management … for the soil and acquire the permits to do so. They used images from Google maps to plan their route, and had to adapt when they noticed while collecting the samples on canoes just how much change had occurred in this region …

Data from marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change … so do instances of extreme weather events such as hurricanes and droughts. Another one began in late 2013, when a … the G. Unger Vetlesen and Ambrose Monell Foundations, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, …

Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than … to providing a more detailed timeline of eelgrass’s evolution, the study also shows the younger meadows in the … a changing climate. Knowing more about how eelgrass evolved can help inform conservation efforts for at-risk …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes …

Congratulations to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for … carbon and nutrient cycling, and biogeochemistry. You can learn more about this year’s recipients on our Twitter. … genomics, inter-organismal interactions, understanding natural communities important for carbon storage, nutrient …