Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), is a major mechanism of genome evolution across the tree of life and is ...

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest ...

In 2000, as the consortium behind the Human Genome Project announced a “working draft” of the sequence of the human genome—an achievement celebrated with a front-page story in The New York Times and a ...

Plants produce a wide diversity of compounds. Broadly, these are separated into primary metabolites, which are necessary for ...

Chinese scientists have introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant specifically designed for botanical research, ...

Image: Courtesy of National Sciences Foundation Arabidopsis Plant genomics researchers stand at a crossroads. Behind them are the completed genome sequences of rice1 and the model mustard plant ...

The analysis uncovered two major whole-genome duplication (WGD) events in the plant's history—approximately 17 million and 3.3 million years ago.

So much science starts with deciphering a genome, the blueprint for every being on Earth. With such roadmaps in hand, ...

The National Plant Genome Initiative was launched in 1998 as a long-term project to explore DNA structure and function in plants so that useful properties of plants can be understood, improved, and ...

The study claims the new TnpB-based system achieves an editing efficiency of 33.58% in an average plant genome and can target regions of the genome that are inaccessible to Cas9 or Cas12.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) – Shares of plant genomics company Agritope rose nearly 70 percent Friday, after agricultural biotech company Exelixis said it would buy Agritope for about $68 ...