News tagged with arabidopsis genome
Precise molecular surgery in the plant genome
Crop plants have always been adapted to the needs of man by breeding for them to carry more fruit, survive droughts, or resist pests. Green biotechnology now adds new tools to the classical breeding methods ...
Apr 24, 2012 |
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How an 'evolutionary playground' brings plant genes together
Plants produce a vast array of natural products, many of which we find useful for making things such as drugs. There are likely to be many other plant natural products that remain undiscovered or under-exploited, and research ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Little plant has big stories to tell
(PhysOrg.com) -- Understanding which genes control traits, like when a plant will flower, what soil type is best or its ability to persist in drought conditions provides insight into the ability of plants ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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1001 Genome-Project: On the way to a complete catalog of the Arabidopsis genome
People can develop new technologies and animals may migrate to other regions. However, plants are tied to their location. Nevertheless, they have found ways to ensure their survival. This is the case for the ...
Aug 28, 2011 |
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Study shows how plants sort and eliminate genes over millennia
Hybrid plants with multiple genome copies show evidence of preferential treatment of the genes from one ancient parent over the genes of the other parent, even to the point where some of the unfavored genes eventually are ...
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Gene discovery may lead to new varieties of soybean plants
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just months after the soybean genome was sequenced, a Purdue University scientist has discovered a long-sought gene that controls the plant's main stem growth and could lead to the creation ...
Apr 27, 2010 |
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Searching for genes behind a trait
A method pioneered to find the genetic basis of human diseases also holds promise for locating the genes behind important traits in plants, according to a study published online March 24 by the journal Nature.
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Evolution caught in the act: Scientists measure how quickly genomes change
Mutations are the raw material of evolution. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tubingen, Germany, and Indiana University in Bloomington have now been able to measure for the first time directly ...
Jan 01, 2010 |
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Plants on Steroids: Key Missing Link Discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology have discovered a key missing link in the so-called signaling pathway for plant steroid hormones (brassinosteroids). Many important signaling ...
Sep 08, 2009 |
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