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How Design, Modeling, and Spatial Analysis Shape Genomic Selection
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (71+ words) Plant breeders may be able to test far more crop varieties without sacrificing the accuracy of genomic predictions, according to a large simulation study spanning maize, sunflower and oat. The research found that partially replicated field designs—plots in which…...
Barley Cold-Inducible Disordered Protein CISP Acts as a Small RNA Chaperone
4+ hour, 46+ min ago (55+ words) Cold-Induced Barley Protein Helps Plants Keep RNA Unwound in the Deep Cold Subject of Research: The role of the cold-induced barley protein CISP as an RNA chaperone and mediator of cold tolerance Subject of Research: Agriculture Article Title: CISP, an…...
PAX-Regulated Cell Polarity Self-Organizes Procambial Strands in Developing
12+ hour, 9+ min ago (763+ words) Plants Bioengineer.org Plants do not build their vascular systems as randomly distributed pipes Inside developing roots, stems and leaves, cells are arranged into remarkably ordered strands that later mature into the tissues responsible for transporting water, minerals and sugars…...
Three New Chinese Neritidae Mitochondrial Genomes Clarify Their
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (901+ words) A trio of tiny snails collected along China’s coasts and waterways has provided scientists with new genetic clues to one of evolution’s most remarkable ecological stories: how members of the same gastropod family repeatedly moved between the sea, brackish estuaries…...
Study Maps Tobacco MADS-Box Genes and Their Roles in Axillary Bud
2+ day, 36+ min ago (645+ words) A previously overlooked genetic network may help explain why tobacco plants rapidly produce side shoots after their main growing tip is removed....
Human long noncoding RNA localization is isoform-specific, obscured by
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (754+ words) gene-level analysis Bioengineer.org...
News: UNCOVERseq Exposes Off-Targets Missed by Established Standards
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (379+ words) An new end-to-end nomination workflow improves the nomination of genomic sites that may be unintentionally edited by CRISPR-Cas, combining high analytical sensitivity with a comparatively manageable list of candidates for confirmation. Tests in cell lines and human HSPCs suggest clinical…...
cGAS-Deficient Mice Show Premature Aging Linked to LINE1 Derepression and
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (752+ words) A new study published in Nature Aging reports that mice lacking the enzyme cGAS develop signs of premature aging, accompanied by the abnormal activation of repetitive genetic sequences known as LINE1 elements and a rise in inflammation....
Koala Populations Show Geographic Variation in Toll-Like Receptor Diversity
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (733+ words) Koalas may carry more genetic variation in a crucial first line of immune defence than previously recognised, according to a new study of 413 wild animals sampled across eastern Australia....
Plant Cross-Incompatibility Limits Genome Exchange and Gene Pool
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (878+ words) Crop wild relatives may hold the genetic tools needed to help agriculture withstand drought, heat, salinity, emerging diseases and increasingly unstable growing conditions. Yet the same evolutionary distance that preserved these valuable traits often prevents breeders from moving them into…...