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Chenxin Li, PhD@chenxinli2.bsky.social · 11h ago

Another incidence of carnivorous plant, this time in the Saxifraga genus. Carnivory is another of those repeatedly convergently evolved tricks among plants. #PlantScience From: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Identification of carnivory in the flowering plant Saxifraga via multidisciplinary evidence - Nature Communications

Carnivorous plants capture and digest insects for nutrients, an adaptive strategy typically found in wetlands. This study identifies carnivory in the alpine Saxifraga plant lineage, supporting Darwin'...

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Journal of Systematics and Evolution@journalsysevo.bsky.social · 11h ago

In a new #FreeAccess #review, Bin-Bin Liu argues that the #pangenome era increases the need for explicit #macroevolutionary coordinates to improve the interpretation of micro-scale #genomic signals. Read the paper for #free⬇️ doi.org/10.1111/jse.... @wileyecology.bsky.social #PlantSci #evolution

From genomes to graphs: Why macroevolution still matters in the pangenome era

Pangenomes and graph genomes reveal structural and haplotypic variation, but they do not by themselves explain why genomic features are shared among lineages. A conservative evidence ladder evaluates...

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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology@jipb.bsky.social · yesterday

🍋From sour to sweet!🍊 Zhai et al. reveal that the PM-localized transporter CsSWEET16 is upregulated during late #development in #citrus #fruit, contributing to enhanced #juice sac sugar accumulation under #ABA regulation. doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantSci #JIPB

ABA orchestrates the expression of <i>SWEET16</i> for sugar accumulation via phosphorylation and transcriptional mechanisms in citrus

Abscisic acid (ABA) signaling enhances sugar accumulation in citrus by a brake-accelerator mechanism: ABA regulates phosphorylation and stability of the transcription factor CsMYB35 to dynamically re...

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Yun Deng@yundeng.bsky.social · 4d ago

The first manuscript from my postdoc is out (doi.org/10.64898/202...)! We introduce 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞-𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 for studying population structure change over time, with the temporal resolution of Ancestral Recombination Graphs (ARGs). Joint with @jkpritch.bsky.social and @jeffspence.github.io. 1/n

Coalescent-Based Time-Stratified Statistics Reveal Population Structure Dynamics using the Ancestral Recombination Graph

Many questions in population genetics are concerned with reconstructing evolutionary history through time, such as inferring how population structure has changed throughout the past. Yet, many existing approaches have only an implicit temporal component, using quantities such as allele frequency or haplotype length as rough proxies for age. Recent advances in the inference of Ancestral Recombination Graphs (ARGs) have made it possible to estimate the entire sequence of local genealogies along the genome. These genealogies explicitly encode how samples are related to each other at different time points in the past, enabling the inference of how population structure has changed over time. To this end, recent work has used ARGs to define time-stratified versions of widely-used population genetics summary statistics in an attempt to capture the population structure present within a particular time window. Here, we show that naive approaches result in statistics that cannot be interpreted solely in terms of the population structure present within the time window they are targeting. To address this problem, we introduce a framework of coalescent-based time-stratified statistics, which use coalescence probabilities to partition classical summary statistics into interval-specific contributions. Using coalescent simulations, we demonstrate that these statistics accurately isolate population structure at different temporal depths and avoid spurious signals. Our results highlight the necessity of integrating coalescent theory into ARG-based temporal analyses and provide a principled and practical foundation for studying the dynamics of population structure through time. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. National Human Genome Research Institute, https://ror.org/00baak391, R01HG014005

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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology@jipb.bsky.social · 4d ago

🌱 Something interesting just sprouted in the world of #seed dynamics! 🌱 Chen et al. reveal a regulatory module governing #rice seed germination, providing insights into #molecular regulation of germination in this crucial #crop. 🌱 doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantScience

The ZFP36/ZFP252–OsDOG1L1–OsPP2Cs module regulates seed germination in rice

In rice, the zinc finger transcription factors ZFP36 and ZFP252 directly repress the DELAY OF GERMINATION (DOG) gene OsDOG1L1 by binding its promoter. OsDOG1L1 interacts with two protein phosphatase ...

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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology@jipb.bsky.social · 3d ago

In the battle between #plant and #pathogen, new work reports a fungal RNA decoy strategy that interferes with plant microRNA-mediated immune regulation, impacting disease susceptibility in #rice. #FreeAccess review here⬇️🆓 doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantSci #JIPB

Cross‐kingdom RNA decoy redefines fungal virulence strategies

This commentary highlights a new study revealing a fungal RNA decoy strategy that interferes with plant microRNA-mediated immune regulation. By blocking key microRNA activity, fungal RNAs reprogram h....

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Trends in Plant Science@cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social · 4d ago

A new sustainability paradigm beyond the organic brand #plantscience

A new sustainability paradigm beyond the organic brand

Producing enough food to feed the world in an environmentally sustainable way represents a major challenge for humanity. It requires a bold paradigm that maximises options for the future. In contrast, organic farming has serious limitations, as it is based on an oversimplified assumption that natural substances are safe and artificial substances are unsafe. This approach severely constrains options for using synthetic inputs or new breeding techniques (NBTs) because they are perceived as ‘unnatural’. In this opinion article, we encourage a more objective evaluation of the contribution of synthetic inputs and NBTs to sustainability. We argue that crop production per se is not a natural situation and that it is important to keep options open for the future.

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