Formal description of plant phenotypes and standardized annotation of gene expression and protein localization data require
uniform terminology that accurately describes plant anatomy and morphology. This facilitates cross species comparative
studies and quantitative comparison of phenotypes and expression patterns. A major drawback is variable terminology that is
used to describe...
Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species’ threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that...
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, whereas much of the
Amazon basin is still close to a natural state (Ellis et al.
2010). Thus, in the
Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species’ threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that...
Repetitive sequences present a challenge for genome sequence assembly, and highly similar segmental duplications may
disappear from assembled genome sequences. Having found a surprising lack of observable phenotypic deviations and
non-Mendelian segregation in Arabidopsis thaliana mutants in SEC10, a gene encoding a core subunit of the exocyst
tethering complex, we...
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Vukašinović, N., Cvrčková, F., Eliáš, M., Cole, R., Fowler, J. E., et al. (2014)
Dissecting a Hidden Gene
The terrestrial biosphere sequesters up to a
third of annual anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions,
offsetting a substantial portion of greenhouse
gas forcing of the climate system. Although a number
of factors are responsible for this terrestrial carbon
sink, atmospheric nitrogen deposition contributes by
enhancing tree productivity and promoting carbon
storage...
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much as a third of annual CO2
emissions (Myneni et al. 2001; Deng and Chen 2011;
Pan et al. 2011
The terrestrial biosphere sequesters up to a
third of annual anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions,
offsetting a substantial portion of greenhouse
gas forcing of the climate system. Although a number
of factors are responsible for this terrestrial carbon
sink, atmospheric nitrogen deposition contributes by
enhancing tree productivity and promoting carbon
storage...
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a respiration
cuvette attached to an infrared gas analyzer (Burton et al. 2003). All root
Repetitive sequences present a challenge for genome sequence assembly, and highly similar segmental duplications may
disappear from assembled genome sequences. Having found a surprising lack of observable phenotypic deviations and
non-Mendelian segregation in Arabidopsis thaliana mutants in SEC10, a gene encoding a core subunit of the exocyst
tethering complex, we...
Convergent evolution is common throughout the tree of life, but the molecular mechanisms
causing similar phenotypes to appear repeatedly are obscure. Yeasts have arisen in multiple
fungal clades, but the genetic causes and consequences of their evolutionary origins are
unknown. Here we show that the potential to develop yeast forms...
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Ocean acidification is a global, long-term problem whose ultimate solution requires carbon dioxide reduction at a scope and
scale that will take decades to accomplish successfully. Until that is achieved, feasible and locally relevant adaptation and
mitigation measures are needed. To help to prioritize societal responses to ocean acidification, we...
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(2011).
11 Bricker, S. et al. Effects of Nutrient Enrichment In the Nation’s Estuaries: A Decade of
Ocean acidification is a global, long-term problem whose ultimate solution requires carbon dioxide reduction at a scope and
scale that will take decades to accomplish successfully. Until that is achieved, feasible and locally relevant adaptation and
mitigation measures are needed. To help to prioritize societal responses to ocean acidification, we...
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Estuary Research Reserve System; http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov/
18. Waldbusser, G. G. et al. A developmental