Recent studies have documented plant responses to climate change extensively, particularly to single-stress exposures. However, critical factors for stress survival, such as sexual differentiation, are not often considered. The dioicous Marchantia polymorpha stands as an evolutionary milestone, potentially preserving ancestral traits from the early colonizers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe increasing availability of massive omics data requires improving the quality of reference databases and their annotations. The combination of full-length isoform sequencing (Iso-Seq) with short-read transcriptomics and proteomics has been successfully used for increasing proteoform characterization, which is a main ongoing goal in biology. However, the potential of including Oxford Nanopore Technologies Direct RNA Sequencing (ONT-DRS) data has not been explored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBud maturation is a physiological process that implies a set of morphophysiological changes that lead to the transition of growth patterns from young to mature. This transition defines tree growth and architecture, and in consequence traits such as biomass production and wood quality. In Pinus pinaster Aiton, a conifer of great timber value, bud maturation is closely related to polycyclism (multiple growth periods per year).
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