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… along with 100 of his colleagues in the comparative plant genomics community. The project’s aim is to generate … representing all major evolutionary lineages in the land plant tree of life.   As of the start of 2022, there were … material in hand,” said Jeremy Schmutz, lead of the JGI’s Plant Program, including genomes that are both large and …

… Despite their diminutive stature, “short plants” such as mosses could be uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had an unexpected hurdle: ginormous sex …

… Download plant, algal, fungal and microbial genomes and metagenomes — … Phytozome is the JGI's Plant Comparative Genomics portal. Families of related genes …

… In this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which genes help plants grow, get nutrients, weather drought, and more. And …

… Multi-species assays yield an unprecedented view of plant evolution and adaptation.    Understanding how genes are regulated is like deciphering the complex wiring behind a city’s power grid. Just as the flow of electricity controls when and where lights turn on or machines start …

… of years, underground fungi have lived in symbiosis with plant roots. Plants provide photosynthesized carbon, while fungi deliver … stretch a network of tendrils called arbuscules into a plant’s root cells, and both organisms rearrange their cells …

… system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with … also known as “polyploidy,” is common among flowering plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many genes after …