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For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written report that is published in a … above all else, determination. Rhondene Wint, an alumna of the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)-UC Merced internship … in the biofuel and synthetic biology fields. In a living cell, triplets of nucleotides, or codons, dictate which …

… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … changes in protein sequences, while others analyzed single point mutations across the genome or changes to the … Program (CSP 502951, 2016, Population and evolutionary genomics of host–microbiome interactions in Zostera marina …

… mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant … is Dr. Yi Zhai, and I’m currently working on the effect of plant root exudates in the rhizosphere and microbiome. … experience in molecular biology and plant functional genomics, because this work is essential for improving crop …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be … and have very little oxygen, which is tough on the type of microbes that break down plant matter. This means plants …

Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other … Other surprises in the research include a similar loss of cell walls and a complex pattern of evolution for genes …

… equipped with interactive web-based tools for comparative genomics and community annotation. Presented by Igor …