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Chinese Scientists Find Structural Variation that Boosts Grain Number in Sorghum
Chinese scientists led by Prof. XIE Qi’s team at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences uncovered two major genes responsible for sorghum’s double-grain spikelet, which dramatically enhance grain number and crop yield.
06 Mar 2025
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Chinese Scientists Reveal Anti-Bacterial Role of Plant Metabolite
Chinese scientists from Prof. ZHOU Jianmin’s team at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed that a widespread plant defense metabolite may help combat bacterial diseases in crops.
01 Mar 2025
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Chinese Scientists Unlock the Genetic Code of Soybean Development
The research team led by TIAN Zhixi from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with partners, has pioneered a groundbreaking "macro-single-cell-spatial" three-level transcriptional analysis system to reveal the dynamic trajectories of gene expression during soybean growth and development.
01 Mar 2025
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Near-Complete Genome Assembly of Chinese Spring Paves the Way for Future Wheat Breeding
A team led by FU Xiangdong and LU Fei from the Chinese Academy of Sciences achieved a near-complete assembly of the wheat CS genome (CS-CAU) addressing high-repetition sequences and polyploidy issues in wheat genomics, and offered a model for sequencing other complex crop genomes.
01 Mar 2025
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How Brain Cells Compete to Shape Our Minds: From Development to Aging
Researchers from Prof. WU Qing-Feng’s team at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), dive into the fascinating process of neural cell competition and explain how brain cells continuously “compete” for survival and how this competition impacts brain development, wiring, function, and aging.
01 Mar 2025
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Scientists Design a Novel Strategy in the Construction of Nanoprobes for Tumor Therapy
Scientists from JIANG Yuqiang’s lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, designed a new type of two-photon photodynamic therapy (TP-PDT) photosensitizer, which was demonstrated effective in situ treatment of colorectal cancer
18 Feb 2025
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Chinese Scientists Identify Strigolactone Transporter Critical for Parasitic Weed Resistance and Tomato Yield
WANG Bing et al. from the team led by Prof. LI Jiayang at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, discovered that a strigolactone transporter SlABCG45 plays essential roles in balancing the host resistance to parasitic weeds and fruit yield in tomato.
14 Feb 2025
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Chinese Scientists Develop CoQ10-Producing Rice with Gene Editing
A joint team of Chinese Academy of Sciences used targeted gene editing to develop rice that produces coenzyme CoQ10 (CoQ10), a vital compound for human health.
14 Feb 2025
