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… to decode the genomes of microbes in their natural environments. This work encompasses bacteria, archaea, and micro-eukaryoes, along with their associated viruses and mobile genetic elements. Beyond exploring and characterizing microbial diversity, work … and virus-microbe interactions, over ecological and evolutionary time scales.The Metagenome Program combines …

… The JGI was honored to host some of the brightest minds in genetics as … Institute of Science’s Assaf Vardi, who delved into algae blooms and the alga-viral interactions within them; … a genome — in plants to see how they impact gene and genome evolution. TEs are the largest component of a genome …

… How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, … fire moss. Most notably, the work revealed that the U and V sex chromosomes of fire moss comprise a full third of each …