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Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a … The team found that some of the adaptation strategies used by liverwort are also seen in flowering plants, or … in comparing how liverwort and flowering plants had adapted to their environments, two gene families—peroxidases …

Scientists have discovered that the candidate bioenergy feedstock switchgrass has adapted to expand its habitat range. But at what cost?  A collaborative team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, …

… featured speakers who shared a look back at the JGI’s history, from its beginnings in the sequencing for the Human … Thomas Kuhn in his 25th Anniversary presentation. “Those driven by new tools and those driven by new concepts.” Patrinos …

Program explores the vast diversity of fungi and algae to unlock their potential for bioenergy, environmental sustainability, and bioproducts. By sequencing and analyzing the genomes of these organisms, … and environmental solutions, fostering a bioeconomy powered by nature’s resources. … The Fungal & Algal Program …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and … and floods. The planet’s resources are being stretched by a growing human population and increasing demand for … sorghum’s capacity to produce high yields despite drought conditions. The field experiment is led by a consortium …

… genomes of Dothideomycetes, the largest class of fungi, by lifestyles. The machine “learned” to identify data … could provide more insights into how these fungi have adapted to stress and host specificity, particularly … species, and also provides more information about speciation events. … The work conducted by the U.S. …

For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of DNA sequence to the public data repositories over its now 20-plus-year … among others. New areas of emphasis, for those who are already familiar with the research portfolio that the JGI …