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Genome of Indica Rice Demonstrates How to de novo Assemble a Highly Contiguous Reference Genome
A group of researchers led by scientists at Institute of Genetics and Development Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences published a de novo assembly of an indica rice genome (Shuhui498 or R498), demonstrating how to assemble a highly contiguous and chromosome-scale near complete reference genome through an integrative strategy, which lever...
05 May 2017
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Asian Wild Rice is Not So Wild
The researchers from CHU Chengcai’s group at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences together with scientists from University of Copenhagen, Denmark and University of Berkeley, USA found that Asian wild rice is a hybrid swarm with extensive gene flow and feralization from domesticated rice.
18 Apr 2017
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Repeat Sequences Have Been Used for Wheat Breeding
Researches from Dr. HAN Fangpu’s lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed the centromere structure and function in the wheat-rye translocation lines.
10 Apr 2017
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How to Counter Rapidly Increasing Pest Resistance to Transgenic Crops Producing Single Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Toxins?
A recent study by Dr. ZHU Zhen’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Dr. ZHANG Tianzhen’s group at Nanjing Agricultural University, Dr. Tabashnik E. Bruce ’s group at University of Arizona demonstrated novel insect-resistant cottons that pyramid RNAi and Bacill...
10 Apr 2017
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General Transcription Factors Specifically Regulate Lipid Metabolism
The recent study in HUANG Xun’s lab from Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, identified that general transcription factors, including TRF2 and TAF9, regulate LD size and phospholipid fatty acid composition in Drosophila larval fat body
07 Apr 2017
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A PP2C Allele Underlying a QTL Enhances Seed Weight in Soybean
A joint research led by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Heilongjing Academy of Agricultural Sciences identified a soybean line R245 with higher 100-seed weight.
07 Apr 2017
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A Naturally Occurring Tandem Array Leads to Superior Grain Yield of Rice
LI Jiayang’s Lab at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborated with Prof. HE Zuhua and his colleagues at Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), CAS, has successfully isolated the major IPA locus from super rice Yongyou variety series, named as qWS8/ipa1-2D, to designe se...
30 Mar 2017
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IPI1 Protein Mediates Post-Translational Modification of IPA1 to Regulate Plant Architecture in Rice
A research team led by Prof. LI Jiayang in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a RING-finger E3 ligase, IPI1, which could interact with Ideal Plant Architecture 1 (IPA1) in the nucleus and ubiquitinate IPA1 to regulate Plant Architecture in Rice.
30 Mar 2017
