This week in @science.org, a celebration of plant pangenomes. A pangenome analysis for massively polyploid sugarcane species, and one for Brassica rapa giving insight into subspeciation.
What's all the fuss about pangenomes? Pamela and Douglas Soltis explore this in an insightful Perspective(1/4)
Sad to read of the death of Steve Long who contributed a huge amount to #plantscience
🧬Appearing today @science.org a Review - From sequence to function: Bridging single-molecule kinetics and molecular diversity | Science 🔬https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv4503
Out in @science.org this week, multifaceted genomics approaches to accelerate American chestnut restoration www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
And an accompanying Perspective article here:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#genomics
#plantscience
#forestry
Out in @science.org this week, two fungal enzymes synthesise DHHA, which controls cell wall porosity and turgor in plant pathogenic fungi www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#mycology
#plantscience
My pick this week: Picking Poison - Selection for rice with increased phosphate uptake appears to have inadvertently led to increased arsenic accumulation.
In Other Journals | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Original paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
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And finally the Perspective article here:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#plantscience
#genomics
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