If rescheduling occurs, the floodgates will open for public-private partnerships and institutional investments, positioning ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered new mechanisms underlying cellular adhesion and repair, findings that ...

A new study has unveiled the intricate 3D genome structure of Brassica crops, thanks to an optimized Bridge Linker ...

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Polyploid organisms evolve more slowly in the smooth fitness landscapes due to reduced genetic variance, making it harder for beneficial mutations to take hold. Ohbayashi adds, “However ...

Genomic selection (GS) in plant breeding is explored as a promising tool to solve the problems related to the biotic and abiotic threats. Polyploid plants like bananas (Musa spp.) face the problem of ...

Developing efficient genome-editing protocols for highly polyploid crops, including sugarcane (x = 10–13), remains challenging due to the high level of genetic redundancy in these plants. Here, we ...

Wintering Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus), Santa Cruz, California. Masses of migrants gather in eucalyptus groves to overwinter before returning north; their numbers have decreased as a ...