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Explore a collection of articles from Current Biology, Molecular Plant, Plant Communications, and Trends in Plant Science which showcases cutting-edge tools and approaches for crop improvements
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Mary’s long, luxurious baths have drawn so much attention that an envious elephant at the Berlin Zoo has figured out how to shut the water off on her supersoaking rival—a type of sabotage rarely seen among animals.
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Mary’s long, luxurious baths have drawn so much attention that an envious elephant at the Berlin Zoo has figured out how to shut the water off on her supersoaking rival—a type of sabotage rarely seen among animals.
Learn more: scim.ag/3OJIBun
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New paper alert!
Amazing grad students @levy_ezra and Isabella Leite live image female germline cyst formation in embryonic gonads of mice and discover that even as these structures form, through divisions with incomplete cytokinesis, germ cells are incredibly motile.
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our latest issue has dropped: shorturl.at/HNlwN
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What happens to the #genome of #bacteria as their association with the host becomes ever more intimate?🧪🦠
A lot: Expansion, pseudogenization and shrinkage, driven by reduction of phage pressure
New by Stefanos Siozios, Greg Hurst &co
#evolution #genomics #microbiology
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Hi folks, we're there:
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We're 'Current' Biology, but we love studies of history through the lens of modern science.
Often such studies challenge the archaeological or historical narrative.
Like the story of the plaster casts of #Pompeii as told by #DNA 🌋🏚️🧬👇👇👇👇
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With DNA, Pompeii Narratives Take a Twist: In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic material suggests | The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/11/07/scien…
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Fascinating developments on a subject that's captured my attention since encountering it in National Geographic as a youngster: Science is revealing the true stories of Pompeii’s victims beneath the ash washingtonpost.com/science/2… via @Carolynyjohnson
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🌋 DNA analysis from bones encased in Pompeii’s iconic body casts is revealing details about the eruption victims. The data give us a glimpse into their ancestry, sex, and family ties, challenging long-held assumptions. More in my latest story for @Nature nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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