Zinfandel’s Genetic Secrets: Genome Sequencing of Eight Tribidrag Clones Reveals a Puzzle
Whole-genome sequencing of eight Tribidrag, or Zinfandel, grapevine clones reveals millions of genetic variants and clear clonal differentiation that does ...
Tag: plant genetics
Wheat’s Hidden Salt-Stress Genes: Scientists Map the ARID Family From Root to Grain
A genome-wide study of wheat has identified twenty ARID transcription factor genes, showing that they evolved largely through segmental duplication ...
Cold Turns a Genetic Brake Off: How a Single Gene Reshuffles Plant Genomes in the Chill
Researchers have identified SNI1/NSE5 as a cold-sensitive brake on class II meiotic crossovers in Arabidopsis, revealing how low temperature redirects ...
Tiny Signaling Peptides: Rice DEVIL Genes Reveal Hidden Breeding Potential
A comprehensive new study identifies five DEVIL family genes in rice and shows that their haplotype diversity across 3,010 accessions ...
Genetic Bridge Strategy Delivers Stable Male-Sterile and Restorer Lines for Hybrid Peppers
Researchers in China have developed an intermediate restorer line carrying sterile cytoplasm and fertile nuclear genes that acts as a ...
Mystery Rice Gene With Propeller-Shaped Protein Emerges as Key to Iron-Deficiency Tolerance
Researchers in India combined QTL-seq, transcriptomics and structural modeling to identify OsFe2200, a little-known DUF1677 gene with a predicted Kelch ...
Bitter Gourd Hybrids Show Huge Nutritional Boosts in Landmark Breeding Study
A large line × tester study of bitter gourd identified parental lines and F1 hybrids with heterosis exceeding 50 percent, ...
Crop Breeding Turns to Rotation Legacies to Boost Yields and Cut Fertiliser Costs
University of Queensland researchers show that the genetics of a preceding crop can swing wheat yields by up to 45 ...
Two Genes, One Pattern: How Strawberry Geranium Paints Its Leaves
A chromosome-scale genome, metabolome, and transcriptome analysis of Saxifraga stolonifera reveals that leaf variegation arises from two separate programs: SsBZ1-mediated ...
New Desi Cotton Variety PBD 88 Promises Higher Yields for Irrigated North India
Breeders at Punjab Agricultural University have released PBD 88, a high-yielding desi cotton variety of Gossypium arboreum developed for the ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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