An ordinary-looking white flower from Japan may carry something quite extraordinary within its pale petals - the longest genome ever discovered.
Biotechnology
Oct 8, 2010
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Rice has always been the most important food in Asia and the world. About half of the population on earth use rice as their main food source. The origin, spread, evolution, and ecological adaptation of cultivated rice are ...
Archaeology
May 21, 2020
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While it may be true, as the old adage goes, that 'birds of a feather flock together,' what is less certain is how the feathers on those birds come to have their distinct patterns and colorations. Current data suggest that ...
The mother of all cultivated rice was grown on China's Pearl River, according to a DNA "map" published on Wednesday
Biotechnology
Oct 3, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Hybrids of many plant and animal species and subspecies are sterile, and a group of researchers in China have now identified the genes that operate to make crossbred rice sterile.
Scientists have discovered a wonder rice gene that could dramatically increase yields of one of the world's most important food crops, the International Rice Research Institute said Tuesday.
Biotechnology
Dec 3, 2013
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We all like flowers, and one of the most appealing things about flowers is presumably the wide array of shapes, sizes, and of course, colors in which they come. But did you know that some flowers can change their colors? ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 1, 2022
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New light has been shed on a misclassified vine species in the Ryukyu Islands of East Asia. This plant was first discovered in 1917 in Taiwan, when it was provisionally identified as Kadsura japonica. The plant was recently ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 30, 2017
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A collaborative team led by Prof. Bai Yang and Prof. Chu Chengcai from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), recently examined the variation in root microbiota within 68 indica ...
Plants & Animals
May 1, 2019
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Researchers have shed light on the distribution of Japanese eel by analyzing environmental DNA (eDNA) from small samples of river water. This could enable faster and more effective surveys of Japanese eel populations, and ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2019
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