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Accelerated Domestication of Wild Tomato Promotes Development of New Crops
A team led by Prof. XU Cao and Prof. Gao Caixia at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, accelerates domestication of wild tomatoes by precisely introducing desirable agronomic and nutritional traits using genome editing without causing an associated drag on their inherent disease and salt resistance, prov...
03 Oct 2018
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IGDB Researchers Develop Highly Efficient Plant C-to-T Base Editing Using Human APOBEC3A Deaminase
Recently, a research team led by Prof. GAO Caixia in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences reported that a new plant base editor, human APOBEC3A-based BE (A3A-PBE), converts C-to-T efficiently in wheat, rice and potato.
02 Oct 2018
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A Seed Dormancy Gene Undergoes Parallel Selection in Multiple Crops
Recently, a team led by Prof. TIAN Zhixi and Prof. CHU Chengcai at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborated with Prof. Scott Jackson from University of Georgia, identified a gene responsible for seed dormancy, representing the first domestication gene that has been subjected to parallel selection...
21 Sep 2018
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Reduced Intrinsic DNA Curvature Leads to Increased Mutation Rate
Recently, researchers from QIAN Wenfeng’s Lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, DNA revealed that curvature reduces the mutation rate by promoting protein binding that makes DNA less accessible to mutagens.
19 Sep 2018
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Cell-to-cell Heterogeneity in DNA Methylation Is Accessible from Bulk
Researchers from QIAN Wenfeng’s Lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, established a gold standard of the cell-to-cell heterogeneity in DNA methylation based on single-cell bisulfite sequencing data and built a database of the data for heterogeneity.
13 Sep 2018
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Chromatin Remodeling Regulates Lipid Droplet Size
A new study lead by Dr. HUANG Xun from Institute of Genetics and Developmental biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, discovered the chromatin remodeling regulation of lipid droplet size in fruitfly fat cells.
11 Sep 2018
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Gene bZIP73 Facilitates Adaptation of Japonica Rice to Cold Climates
Scientists from Chinese Academy of Sciences recently identified a gene facilitated adaptation of one kind of rice to cold climates.
17 Aug 2018
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A Way to Get Green Revolution Crops to Be Productive without Needing So Much Nitrogen
A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences in China and the University of Oxford in the U.K. has found a way to grow green revolution crops using less nitrogen with no reduction in yield.
17 Aug 2018
