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January 15, 2021 3:00 PM Virtual
On January 15 at 2:00 PM EST, the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS), together with the Divisions of Biological Infrastructure (DBI), Environmental Biology (DEB), and Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) in the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) at the National Science Foundation (NSF and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host a webinar about the Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) program (NSF 21-546). Following a brief presentation, program directors from all of the Divisions and agencies will be available to answer questions from participants.
Through the EDGE program, the NSF and the NIH support genomic research that addresses the mechanistic basis of complex traits in diverse organisms within the context (environmental, developmental, social, and/or genomic) in which they function. The program also continues to support the de
Immune and circulatory systems are integrated in insects phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Thousands of years ago, people in South America began domesticating
Solanum pimpinellifolium, a weedy plant with small, intensely flavored fruit. Over time, the plant evolved into
S. lycopersicum the modern cultivated tomato.
Although today s tomatoes are larger and easier to farm compared to their wild ancestor, they also are less resistant to disease and environmental stresses like drought and salty soil.
S. pimpinellifolium and discovered sections of the genome that underlie fruit flavor, size and ripening, stress tolerance and disease resistance. The results were published in This reference genome will allow researchers and plant breeders to improve traits like fruit quality and stress tolerance in the tomato, said Fei, for example, by helping them discover new genes in the modern tomato as well as by reintroducing genes from