'A history of contact': #Geneticists are rewriting the narrative of #Neanderthals and other ancient #humans.

#anthropology #evolution #genomics #out_of_Africa

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-history-contact-geneticists-rewriting-narrative.html

#Pear-derived discovery: A #genetic mechanism to fortify #crops against #drought.

#transcription #PbERF3 #PbHsfC1a #regulator #food_security #agriculture

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-pear-derived-discovery-genetic-mechanism.html

Researchers reveal how #myrtle #rust #pathogen breaks into a host #plant.

#infection #transciptomics #Leptospermum #Austropuccinia #fungus

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-reveal-myrtle-rust-pathogen-host.html

We mapped the entire #bilby #genome—and now we can use #poo to save Australia's 'Easter bunny' from #extinction.

#Macrotis #conservation #faecesomics

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-entire-bilby-genome-poo-australia.html

Engineers find a way to protect #microbes from extreme conditions

#biotechnology #Escherichia #Ensifer #Lactobacillus #Saccharomyces

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-microbes-extreme-conditions.html

Two new #species of #Psilocybe mushrooms discovered in southern Africa.

#genomics #fungi #biodiversity #psychoactive

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-species-psilocybe-mushrooms-southern-africa.html

An #out_of_Africa story hiding in our #DNA.

#anthropology #GWAS #FTO #UCP1

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-africa-story-dna.html

#Locusts adapt sense of #smell to detect food in #swarms, study shows.

#sensing #olfaction #signalling

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-locusts-food-swarms.html

Study reveals the #microbes vital to a healthy Brisbane #River.

#genomics #biodiversity #ecosystem_health #metagenomic #biogeochemical_cycles #eutrophy

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-reveals-microbes-vital-healthy-brisbane.html

Improving #transformation_frequency in #maize.

#model_organism #genetics #GRF_GIF #chimeras

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-frequency-maize.html

How #E_coli defends itself against #antibiotics.

#Ciprofloxacin #DNA #mutation #evolution #SOS_response

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-coli-defends-antibiotics.html

#Citizen_scientists gather #eDNA in #water samples for global #biodiversity census.

#bioblitz #International_Day_of_Biodiversity

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-citizen-scientists-edna-samples-global.html

What is #forensic #genetic #genealogy? Technique used in Rachel Morin case is scantly regulated.

#DNA #Maryland #CODIS

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-forensic-genetic-genealogy-technique-rachel.html

Gravesite in #France offers evidence of steppe migrant integration with Late #Neolithic #Europeans.

#paleogenomics #admixture #migration #anthropology

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-gravesite-france-evidence-steppe-migrant.html

#Odors are encoded in rings in the #brains of migratory #locusts, finds study.

#olfaction #sensing #memory

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-odors-encoded-brains-migratory-locusts.html

Desert hero unveiled: #Cissus quadrangularis #genome decodes #drought survival tactics.

#climate_change #agriculture #CAM

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-hero-unveiled-cissus-quadrangularis-genome.html

#AI plus #gene_editing promises to shift #biotech into high gear.

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-ai-gene-shift-biotech-high.html

#Nitrogen-using #bacteria can cut farms’ #greenhouse_gas emissions

#soil #microbiome #denitrification #sewage #agrciculture

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/nitrogen-using-bacteria-can-cut-farms-greenhouse-gas-emissions/

How does car #traffic influence airborne #fungal #diversity?

#pollution

https://phys.org/news/2024-02-car-traffic-airborne-fungal-diversity.html

Study shows #marine heat_waves have significant impact on #microorganisms.

#climate_change #ocean #microbiomes

https://phys.org/news/2024-02-marine-significant-impact-microorganisms.html