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Ploidy evolution in a wild yeast is linked to an interaction between cell type and metabolism
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Multisubstrate specificity shaped the complex evolution of the aminotransferase family across the tree of life.
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Two major chromosome evolution events with unrivaled conserved gene content in pomegranate
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Convergent reductive evolution and host adaptation in Mycoavidus bacterial endosymbionts of Mortierellaceae fungi
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Adapted laboratory evolution of Thermotoga sp. strain RQ7 under carbon starvation
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Trent Northen
… to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the … Berkeley Lab he serves on a number of committees and is the Strategy Mentor for the Berkeley Lab Biosciences … … Metabolomics Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …
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Polar Phytoplankton Need Zinc to Cope with the Cold
Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters … researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … for polar oceans. In this study, they’ve cracked open the genome of another polar species, the green alga …
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Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics (MGM) Workshop
Registration has closed.  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is offering a five-day workshop on Microbial Genomics and …
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Expanding Virophage Diversity
Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant … in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … a global analysis of the diversity, distribution, and evolution of virophages.” Lead author David Paez-Espino  …
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Tracking the Origins of Methane-Producing Microbes
Mini-Metagenomics Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal Methane Metabolism. Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global … Biohub, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user …
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The Surprising Structure of a Shrub Willow Sex Chromosome
A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, … shrub willow  Salix purpurea , employ the evolutionary strategy we are far more familiar with: differentiating into … Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …
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For the Tiniest Archaea, A Genomic Switch of Friend or Foe
The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of the chemicals they need to survive. To fill in their …
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