Research News
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Researchers Consruct a Dynamic Transcriptional and Chromatin Accessibility Landscape of Medaka Embryogenesis
A joint team reported a multi-omics landscape of medaka embryogenesis profiled by long-read RNA-seq, short-read RNA-seq, and ATAC-seq, and provided the first comprehensive omics datasets of medaka embryogenesis.
03 Jul 2020
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Scientists Develop Novel Predictable Multi-nucleotide Deletion Systems in Plants
The research team led by Prof. GAO Caixia of the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a series of APOBEC-Cas9 fusion-induced deletion systems (AFIDs) that combine Cas9 with human APOBEC3A (A3A), uracil DNA-glucosidase (UDG) and AP lyase and successfully induced novel precise, predictable mu...
30 Jun 2020
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Protein Pm41 in Wild Emmer Wheat Confers Powdery Mildew Resistance
Recently, a joint research between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, identified a CNL protein in wild emmer wheat that confers resistance to wheat powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici).
28 Jun 2020
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Rare Single Nucleotide Variant in Pm5e Confers Wheat Powdery Mildew Resistance
Recently, a joint teams identified a rare gain of function mutation in a NLR that confers resistance to wheat powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. Tritici, Bgt), one of the most widely epidemic diseases in wheat (Triticum aestivum).
28 Jun 2020
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Chinese Scientists Construct High-quality Graph-based Soybean Genome
A joint research constructed a high-quality graph-based soybean genome through de novo genome assemblies of 26 representative wild and cultivated soybean accessions, which provides a comprehensive resource and will greatly benefit the soybean breeding and research community.
18 Jun 2020
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Chinese Scientists Discover Dual-functional Repressor Proteins in Strigolactone Signalling
Prof. LI Jiayang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and collaborators found the synthesized strigolactone analogs GR244DO specifically stimulates strigolactone signaling in a D14-dependent manner.
12 Jun 2020
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IGDB Scientists Revealed ESCRT Component Mediated Novel Mechanism of Plant Salt Tolerance through SOS Pathway
A research team led by Prof. XIE Qi from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed how an ESCRT-I component VPS23A confers plant salt tolerance through strengthening the function of SOS module, and the possible strategy to apply SOS module in improving plant salt tolerance.
05 Jun 2020
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GmSWEET10a and GmSWEET10b Coordinately Regulate Yield and Quality
A joint research revealed the critical role of GmSWEET10a and GmSWEET10b in controlling the seed size, oil content and protein content during the domestication and improvement of soybean.
04 Jun 2020