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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Martin Kapun, Joaquin C. B. Nunez, Maria Bogaerts-Marquez, Jesus Murga-Moreno, Margot Paris, Joseph Outten, Marta Coronado-Zamora, Courtney Tern, Omar Rota-Stabelli, Maria P. Garcia Guerreiro, Sonia Casillas, Dorcas J. Orengo, Eva Puerma, Maaria Kankare, Lino Ometto, Volker Loeschcke, Banu S. Onder, Jessica K. Abbott, Stephen W. Schaeffer, Subhash Rajpurohit, Emily L. Behrman, Mads F. Schou, Thomas J. S. Merritt, Brian P. Lazzaro, Amanda Glaser-Schmitt, Eliza Argyridou, Fabian Staubach, Yun Wang, Eran Tauber, Svitlana Serga, Daniel K. Fabian, Kelly A. Dyer, Christopher W. Wheat, John Parsch, Sonja Grath, Marija Savic Veselinovic, Marina Stamenkovic-Radak, Mihailo Jelic, Antonio J. Buendia-Ruiz, Maria Josefa Gomez-Julian, Maria Luisa Espinosa-Jimenez, Francisco D. Gallardo-Jimenez, Aleksandra Patenkovic, Katarina Eric, Marija Tanaskovic, Anna Ullastres, Lain Guio, Miriam Merenciano, Sara Guirao-Rico, Vivien Horvath, Darren J. Obbard, Elena Pasyukova, Vladimir E. Alatortsev, Cristina P. Vieira, Jorge Vieira, Jorge Roberto Torres, Iryna Kozeretska, Oleksandr M. Maistrenko, Catherine Montchamp-Moreau, Dmitry Mukha, Heather E. Machado, Keric Lamb, Tania Paulo, Leeban Yusuf, Antonio Barbadilla, Dmitri Petrov, Paul Schmidt, Josefa Gonzalez, Thomas Flatt, Alan O. Bergland
Summary: Utilizing a newly developed bioinformatics pipeline, Drosophila melanogaster's Pool-Seq data is mapped to a hologenome to create the largest genomic data repository to date, called DEST, including 271 population samples from over 100 locations worldwide. This dataset can be used to study spatiotemporal genetic patterns and evolutionary dynamics of D. melanogaster populations.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Shan Yuan, Yining Wang, Junya Wang, Chunlei Zhang, Lixin Zhang, Bingjun Jiang, Tingting Wu, Li Chen, Xin Xu, Yupeng Cai, Shi Sun, Fulu Chen, Wenwen Song, Cunxiang Wu, Wensheng Hou, Lijie Yu, Tianfu Han
Summary: The study characterized the GmFT3a gene in soybean and found it to act as a flowering promoter under non-inductive photoperiods. By regulating downstream gene expression, GmFT3a plays a significant role in promoting early flowering. Different haplotypes may result in different flowering times, and GmFT3a has the potential to be used in soybean cultivation in higher latitude regions.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
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Xiaorui Xu, Jingya Xu, Chen Yuan, Qianqian Chen, Qinggang Liu, Xuming Wang, Cheng Qin
Summary: BBX17, a member of the B-box (BBX) family, acts as a repressor of floral transition under long-day conditions. It interacts with CONSTANS (CO) and represses its ability to control FT expression, leading to delayed flowering phenotype in plants overexpressing BBX17. Additionally, the degradation of BBX17 is regulated by light and requires COP1 and 26S proteasome, making it a key factor in controlling flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana.
PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Marvin Choquet, Felix Lenner, Arianna Cocco, Gaelle Toullec, Erwan Corre, Jean-Yves Toullec, Andreas Wallberg
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fatima Sanchez-Barreiro, Binia De Cahsan, Michael Westbury, Xin Sun, Ashot Margaryan, Claudia Fontsere, Michael W. Bruford, Isa-Rita M. Russo, Daniela C. Kalthoff, Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten, Bent Petersen, Love Dalen, Guojie Zhang, Tomas Marques-Bonet, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Yoshan Moodley
Summary: The black rhinoceros is a critically endangered species in Africa, with its population and distribution greatly reduced due to hunting, habitat disturbance, and poaching crisis. Genetic and genomic assessments were conducted on museum specimens collected between 1775 and 1981, revealing the historic population structure and evolutionary history. Results indicated that the black rhinoceros had six major historic populations with subpopulations, largely corresponding to geography, and population discontinuities were driven by geographical barriers. This comprehensive historic portrait also provided insights for conservation management strategies.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yan Peng, Minghui Jin, Zhimin Li, Hongran Li, Lei Zhang, Songmiao Yu, Zhuting Zhang, Ruyi Fan, Jimin Liu, Qi Xu, Kenneth Wilson, Yutao Xiao
Summary: Understanding the genetic basis of climatic adaptation and evolution in the Asian corn borer (ACB) is crucial for sustainable agriculture. By integrating population genomic and environmental factors, we revealed the genomic loci underlying ACB's adaptation to diverse climates. Our findings identified candidate genes for future evolutionary studies and genetic adaptation to climate change, aiming to maintain effective and sustainable control techniques.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Santiago Nicolas Freytes, Micaela Canelo, Pablo D. Cerdan
Summary: In seasonal flowering of plants, a complex network of genes and proteins regulates the formation of floral meristems, ensuring flower production without compromising the function of the shoot apical meristem.
CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Huaxiang Xu, Xi Guo, Youjin Hao, Geng Lu, Dan Li, Junxing Lu, Tao Zhang
Summary: Research on PEBP genes in Perilla frutescens revealed PfFT1 plays a crucial role in promoting flowering by regulating the expression of flowering-related genes, and its gene expression shows diurnal rhythm.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
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Agronomy
Ali Baturaygil, Karl Schmid
Summary: In this study, phenotypic characteristics including plant height, flowering time, and seed setting were studied for grain amaranth accessions. Variations were observed among different grain amaranth accessions, with Central American accessions showing larger variation in flowering time and photoperiod sensitivity compared to South American accessions.
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Plant Sciences
Michela Osnato, Ignacio Cota, Poonam Nebhnani, Unai Cereijo, Soraya Pelaz
Summary: Fluctuations in environmental conditions greatly impact plant development, particularly changes in photoperiod. Many developmental processes are affected by the length of light/dark cycles, and they employ similar gene networks for regulation.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Catalina Palacios, Pengcheng Wang, Nan Wang, Megan A. Brown, Lukas Capatosto, Juan Du, Jiahu Jiang, Qingze Zhang, Nishma Dahal, Sangeet Lamichhaney
Summary: Species residing across elevational gradients display adaptations in response to environmental changes such as oxygen availability, ultraviolet radiation, and temperature. Here, we study the genomic variation, gene expression, and long-term adaptation in Tibetan Partridge populations residing across the elevational gradient of the Tibetan Plateau. We found evidence of gene flow between different elevations and identified genetic divergence and fixed alleles in high-altitude populations. Additionally, we identified differentially expressed genes that correlate with altitude differences and are enriched in pathways known to respond to hypoxia.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Nathan W. Byer, Matthew L. Holding, Miranda M. Crowell, Todd W. Pierson, Thomas E. Dilts, Eveline S. Larrucea, Kevin T. Shoemaker, Marjorie D. Matocq
Summary: The study revealed that spatially separated populations of pygmy rabbits exhibit local adaptation, potentially driven by genetic loci with functional annotations related to plant secondary compound metabolism. Additionally, populations in the Mono Basin of California likely diverged from other Great Basin populations during late Pleistocene climate oscillations, demonstrating adaptive differentiation despite limited gene flow and small effective population size.
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Evolutionary Biology
Aude E. Caizergues, Jeremy Le Luyer, Arnaud Gregoire, Marta Szulkin, Juan-Carlos Senar, Anne Charmantier, Charles Perrier
Summary: This study investigated the genomic and epigenomic changes in the Great tit bird in response to urban life. The findings reveal that urbanization induces polygenic and nonparallel genomic and epigenomic responses, with changes mainly occurring in regions associated with gene expression and biological functions related to the nervous system, immunity, behavior, hormones, and stress responses.
EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Leonard Gol, Einar B. Haraldsson, Maria von Korff
Summary: The photoperiod response gene Ppd-H1 interacts with drought stress signals to modulate spike development in barley. Wild-type Ppd-H1 allele can mitigate the negative effects of drought on barley growth and spike development. The genetic differences in developmental response to drought are correlated with the differential down-regulation of flowering promotors in barley.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Allison C. Barnes, Fausto Rodriguez-Zapata, Karla A. Juarez-Nunez, Daniel J. Gates, Garrett M. Janzen, Andi Kur, Li Wang, Sarah E. Jensen, Juan M. Estevez-Palmas, Taylor M. Crow, Heli S. Kavi, Hannah D. Pil, Ruthie L. Stokes, Kevan T. Knizner, Maria R. Aguilar-Rangel, Edgar Demesa-Arevalo, Tara Skopelitis, Sergio Perez-Limon, Whitney L. Stutts, Peter Thompson, Yu-Chun Chiu, David Jackson, David C. Muddiman, Oliver Fiehn, Daniel Runcie, Edward S. Buckler, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Matthew B. Hufford, Ruairidh J. H. Sawers, Ruben Rellan-Alvarez
Summary: This study reveals that the HPC1 gene in highland maize, derived from wild highland teosinte, plays a major role in phospholipid variation and adaptation, particularly in flowering time.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)