Then again, Rose Faucher isn't most undergrads. "The fish world is actually pretty small, and it feels kind of like everybody knows everybody," says Faucher, who graduated from Rice University ...

Discovered genes provide strategies to protect rice crops against climate change ... traits that maximize profit have reduced its genetic diversity and thus its resilience to environmental stresses.

In this study, the researchers sequenced 145 rice genomes—including 129 wild accessions and 16 cultivated varieties—selected for their geographic and genetic diversity. Primarily using ...

A major factor in this persistence is the malaria parasite’s genetic adaptability, according to Abdoulaye Djimdé, president of the Pathogens genomic Diversity Network Africa (PDNA), a pan ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

From the seafloor to open waters The study, led by biologists including Kory Evans of Rice University and his former undergraduate student Rose Faucher ... By employing advanced genetic analysis and ...

Led by a team of biologists including Rice's Kory Evans and his former undergraduate student Rose Faucher ... Through cutting-edge genetic analysis and 3D imaging of museum specimens, the ...

"Species diversity plays a key role in providing ecosystem services that support food systems, including pollination, natural pest control, nutrient cycling, soil health, and water retention. Genetic ...

The study, recently published in Nature Plants, found that human selection has significantly influenced the genetic diversity of modern roses. Over the years, traits such as continuous and ...

Other than being a symbol for love and romance, roses are commonly known for their ... eggplants, barley and rice. But how could all these species, many of which evolved separately over the ...

The few examples of non-legumes that can form nodules include members of the birch family, rose family and relatives of the gourd family. Producing nodules is a genetically complex process ...