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… start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science … matter, or as an endophyte, living between a plant’s root cells. The fungus is almost always found among and within … partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) and is the major pathogen of soybean. Left uncontrolled, soybean rust could reduce … yields by as much as 90 percent. As part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute’s  2016 Community Science Program portfolio … Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)  proposed sequencing a reference genome for  P. pachyrhizi to develop …

… Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, … plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many … highlighting the fact that the genetic information in a single reference genome is insufficient. “We really have to …

… Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The Science Changing an A, C, T or G in a genome sequence can lead to changes in protein structures … specific 5mC methyltransferase (MTase) variants. Using new sequencing technologies for producing both reference genomes …