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… Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth (Toby) … at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), generated genome sequences for nearly 600 green millet … plant genome sequences also led researchers to identify a gene related to seed dispersal in wild populations for the …

… After I got my undergraduate degree, which was in general biology, I joined the Peace Corps. And when I was … looking at that I’m a very visual person. So, when we make genetic mutants in a fungal isolate, I can see something … Yeah, okay. Of course. Fungi have a larger genome. The genetics was slower to begin with. So transformation, or …

… of it. So it wasn’t only chemistry or only biochemistry or genetics. It was also ecology. It was also evolution. It was … I could see a certain time span within these biosynthetic gene clusters. There’s gene fusion going on, and then I … have to go through publications to get proteins, and their functions, and all that stuff. And that’s the most laborious …

… they found that microbial community composition and functional potential varied across tree species and sites, … The team learned that some bacterial families carry genes for degrading monoterpenes such as α-pinene, as well as genes for breaking down complex plant polymers. These …

… of plant evolution and adaptation.    Understanding how genes are regulated is like deciphering the complex wiring … when and where lights turn on or machines start humming, gene regulation determines when and where genes are … of years of evolution, suggesting it plays an important functional role in regulating gene expression. Focusing on …

… bioprospecting vs biopiracy, early stage drug discovery in general, and a possible data-driven future for plant natural … that morning cup of coffee, that is a plant that has a functional activity. It’s a pharmacological agent that acts … different, I don’t know, cousins or– CASSANDRA QUAVE: Yeah, populations? Well, even same species. Let’s say you’re in …

… single-cell and spatial transcriptomics barcode-based genetics (RB-TnSeq), and computational genomics to better … strains, whereby they can modulate host metabolism, gene expression and phenotype. We have recently identified … (PGPR) Pseudomonas simiae WCS417. One suggested function of these phage genes is the modulation of their …