Genome Spotlight: C-fern (Ceratopteris richardii)
Genome Spotlight: C-fern (Ceratopteris richardii)
Sequences for the model organism and two of its kin reveal how these plants got their oversized genomes.
Sequences for the model organism and two of its kin reveal how these plants got their oversized genomes.
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Plant Cells Swap Organelles
Abby Olena, PhD | Jan 7, 2021 | 3 min read
Their relocation explains horizontal genome transfer first described more than a decade ago.
Moss Harbors Foreign Genes
Ed Yong | Oct 23, 2012 | 3 min read
Genes from fungi, bacteria, and viruses may have helped mosses and other plants to colonize the land.
Coffee Pest Gene Transfer
Hannah Waters | Feb 27, 2012 | 3 min read
An insect that plagues coffee plants likely got its bean-digesting gene from a bacterium.