The power of flowers: Research sprouts a closer look at sunflower genetics
A Kansas State University researcher's plant genetic work is rooted in the sunflower state.
Plants & Animals
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New grass hybrid could help reduce the likelihood of flooding
A collaboration of plant and soil scientists from across the UK has shown a grass hybrid species could help reduce the impact of flooding. The BBSRC-funded scientists, from Rothamsted Research, the James Hutton Institute, ...
Ecology
Apr 25, 2013
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Study suggests potential role of hybridization and polyploidization in species range expansion
In a study published in BMC Biology, Prof. Chen Zhiduan's team at the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), together with their international collaborators, used densely sampled nuclear and plastid ...
Evolution
Oct 17, 2023
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Crossbreeding threatens conservation of endangered milky storks
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has discovered that the conservation of milky storks (Mycteria cinerea), an endangered wading bird native to Southeast Asia, is threatened due to crossbreeding ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 31, 2019
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Hybridization can give rise to different genome combinations
Researchers have for the first time determined that hybridization between two bird species can give rise to several novel and fully functional hybrid genomic combinations. This could potentially be because hybrid species ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2018
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Cross-bred flies reveal new clues about how proteins are regulated
Proteins are the go-getters of a cell. They carry out all the jobs that are required for cells to grow, reproduce and perform other duties. But genes carry instructions for far more proteins than are present in a cell at ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 21, 2018
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Study of bird migration tricky due to hybridization
Hybridization among bird species is a widespread phenomenon, which is best illustrated in Estonia by the lesser spotted eagle and the greater spotted eagle. However, due to the fact that the migration strategies of both bird ...
Ecology
Aug 23, 2018
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Program models more detailed evolutionary networks from genetic data
The tree has been an effective model of evolution for 150 years, but a Rice University computer scientist believes it's far too simple to illustrate the breadth of current knowledge.
Biotechnology
Nov 12, 2014
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Leaf 'bait' uncovers dieback crossbreeds
Murdoch University scientists have discovered the first known natural occurrence of hybrids of the plant pathogen Phytophthora, commonly known as the dieback, which has ravaged south-west bushland and forests.
Ecology
Sep 16, 2015
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More than meets the fly: Related species share space by (mostly) staying apart
Most people probably think of fruit flies as just an annoyance around the fruit bowl. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered that these tiny flies could help to answer some big questions about ecology and evolution.
Plants & Animals
Oct 26, 2022
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