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The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around … Summary Eelgrass is unique in that there are not many species able to occupy the regions where eelgrass … use the genome assembly to calibrate their genetic clock.  Various researchers around the globe were each working on …

… right. Welcome back to Natural Prodcast. I did it. I’m keeping to my schedule. This should be coming out on the first Thursday of the month, just like I … shown today is it's more a quorum sensing within a single species. DAN: Within a species. Genus? BETSY PARKINSON: So …

The JGI has diverse capabilities in: DNA and RNA sequencing, Sample and library preparation, DNA synthesis and … genes synthesized and cloned into a vector of choice in various combinations Glycerol stock of sequence verified …

In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample Management Group, attended a conference in Florida to discuss a JGI pilot project involving soil … the project life cycle. During regular web conferences, various JGI subject matter experts walked the class through …

… system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids with two genome … in the laboratory. “We are fortunate because the progenitor species of  Brachypodium hybridum are still extant (whereas …

… between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether or not anyone registers the sound — … lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species decompose debris, mobilize nutrients from that … and dead organisms to free up their nutrients; mycorrhizal symbionts shuttle water and nutrients to trees; plant …

… with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots have made these …

Journal publication caps JGI pilot project with fledgling Florida high school scientists. The Florida Everglades evokes images of fanboats skimming over swamps, while alligators peer through the waters and clouds of insects hover just above. Described as a “river of grass” …

UDWARY: It’s been a while, but Natural Prodcast is back again for another round of episodes. If you stick around for the next few months, you’re going to hear my last interview with my co-host Alison … that the data analysis is needed. So we do collaborate with various PIs quite closely on their CSPs. But we can’t …