New Article: "A natural allele of TaSCE1-A1 confers drought resistance in wheat" rdcu.be/fBLzc A natural allele of the SUMO-conjugating enzyme SCE1-A1 enhances wheat drought resistance by improving water-use efficiency without compromising growth innormal conditions. #PlantScience
A culinary first for me: sugar coated young pine cones.
Dry seeds are not waiting to build mitochondria—they come pre-packaged with cristae and full respiratory complexes. ⚡️🌱🌱🌱 Check out the updated growth-and-division model in @currentbiology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Excited for @gabrielesgarlata.bsky.social’s new preprint on the Genome-Wide Effect of Drift and Selection over a Single Generation 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The Genome-Wide Effect of Drift and Selection over a Single Generation
The relative importance of genetic drift versus selection to evolutionary change has long been debated. This debate has mainly focused over long-time-scales (e.g. hundreds of thousands of generations)...
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🐛 Caterpillars of Lonomia #moths envenomate people in Latin America every year. In the July issue of #G3journal, @diler.bsky.social, @nkwhiteman.bsky.social present a genome assembly of Lonomia casanarensis that will help improve antivenoms and develop novel bioactive compounds. 🔗 buff.ly/Mqa35Tv
Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...
Study Reveals How Avocados Reverse Sexes Throughout the Day
Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. How avocados do this has been unclear — until now, thanks to a UC Davis study.
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Meet SpudCell, a synthetic cell made from lifeless ingredients that feeds, grows, divides, and experiences selection. If it doesn't have all the hallmarks of life, it has a lot! Here's my story. Gift link: nyti.ms/4vCbTih
#ProtistsOnSky no 'swimming' by 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...
eLife@elife.bsky.social · 9mo agoDo microbes get more food by swimming or staying still? Turns out both work, and cilia help them pull in nutrients no matter the strategy. buff.ly/vK3GmK5
