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dnarnaresearch.bsky.social @dnarnaresearch.bsky.social · 10h

DupyliCate - mining, classifying, and characterizing gene duplications
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#Bioinformatics #Python #Evolution #Genomics

DupyliCate - mining, classifying, and characterizing gene duplications

Paralogs, copies of a gene, form an important basis for novelty during evolution. Analysis of such gene duplications is important to understand the emergence of novel traits during evolution. DupyliCa...

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Phil Carella @philcarella.bsky.social · 1d

New opportunity to undertake a PhD in my group ⁦‪at the John Innes Centre - if you’re interested in plant immunity and evolution check out the link!

Understanding Host Compatibility in the Marchantia-Phytophthora System (CARELLA_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership

The fossil record demonstrates that filamentous microbes invaded ancient plant cells with intracellular hyphal structures over 450 million years ago. To this day, a rich diversity of extant land plant...

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Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · 19h

#ASPBPlantPhysMonday #ICYMI

Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Jun 30

📢 When you publish in Plant Physiology, you're doing more than sharing research—you’re strengthening the plant science community.
🌿 Published by a nonprofit.
🌿 Supporting the next generation of scientists.
🌿 Advancing discovery.
#PlantScience #SciComm @ASPB

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dnarnaresearch.bsky.social @dnarnaresearch.bsky.social · 18h

Small RNAs regulation and genomic harmony: insights into allopolyploid evolution in marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza)
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Small RNAs regulation and genomic harmony: insights into allopolyploid evolution in marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza)

Hybridization and polyploidy are major drivers of plant diversification, often accompanied by shifts in gene expression and genome composition. Small RNAs (smRNAs) are thought to influence such genomi...

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dnarnaresearch.bsky.social @dnarnaresearch.bsky.social · 2d

Advancing FAIR Data Management through AI-Assisted Curation of Morphological Data Matrices
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Advancing FAIR Data Management through AI-Assisted Curation of Morphological Data Matrices

Curation of biological and paleontological datasets is a labor-intensive process that requires standardization and validation to ensure data integrity. In particular, manual curation of datasets is pr...

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dnarnaresearch.bsky.social @dnarnaresearch.bsky.social · 2d

Effects of deleterious mutations on the fixation of chromosomal inversions on autosomes and sex chromosomes
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Effects of deleterious mutations on the fixation of chromosomal inversions on autosomes and sex chromosomes

Whether partially recessive deleterious mutations should favor the spread of chromosomal inversions extending permanently heterozygous sex determining regions (SDR) has led to some debate. In this art...

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dnarnaresearch.bsky.social @dnarnaresearch.bsky.social · 2d

Comparative analysis of chloroplast genome of Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Cun Song Ying’ reveals phylogenetic relationships
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Phylogenetic placement of Ceratophyllum submersum based on a plastome sequence derived from nanopore long read sequencing data
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Comparative analysis of the chloroplast genome of Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Cun Song Ying’ reveals plastid characteristics and phylogenetic relationships

Chloroplast genomes provide valuable insights into plant evolution, phylogeny, and molecular breeding. Here, we present the first complete chloroplast genome of Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Cun Song Ying’. U...

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Nick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · 4d

Friday Flower 007: Petunia 💮✨

Petunias carry the active transposon dTph1, which powers mutant screens and paints stripey patterns as it jumps.

Their five petals are fused, with diverse color designs tracing the corolla’s fusion seam.

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning, and welcome to the weekend!

A little #bloomscrolling joy from Cyprus to start the day - island endemic orchids Ophrys kotschyi and Orchis troodi.

We see both on our annual Orchids of Cyprus tour - filling up fast now, just 2 places remain to join us there in March 2026. (1/2)

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 5d

Now accepting proposals for new Research Synthesis Working Groups! Each funded group will present a symposium at the Evolution meeting, collaborate on a publication, and establish a lasting research network. Submit your proposal by January 6: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Call for Proposals: Research Synthesis Working Groups. Deadline: January 6.

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PuckerLab @puckerlab.bsky.social · 3d

New preprint from the group:

🧬 Large-scale Phylogenomics Reveals Systematic Loss of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis Genes at the Family Level in Cucurbitaceae

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@nancy-choudhary.bsky.social @bpucker.bsky.social

Synteny analysis supporting anthocyanin biosynthesis gene loss in the Cucurbitaceae. Reference: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.06.680802

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Rachael Ott @rachaelott.bsky.social · 3d

For #FluorescenceFriday, α-spectrin (red) and lipid droplets (green) are shown in adipocytes 🔬 #Microscopy #CellBiology

α-spectrin (red), lipid droplets (green), and nuclei (blue) are shown in adipocytes. Scale bar is 20 μm.

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Galaxy Project @galaxyproject.bsky.social · 3d

🌋 Save the date! GCC2026 is coming to Clermont-Ferrand, France 🇫🇷, June 22–24, 2026
Join the global Galaxy community for talks, training, posters & collaboration in the heart of the French volcanoes!

Sign up for our GCC2026 mailing list, here: gaggle.email/join/gcc2026...

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Life Science Network @lifesciencenet.bsky.social · 3d

Chemists create red fluorescent dyes that may enable clearer biomedical imaging.

#science #imaging #news

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Chemists create red fluorescent dyes that may enable clearer biomedical imaging

The new dyes are based on boron-containing molecules that were previously too unstable for practical use.

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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 3d

🌊 Ready to dive deep?
EBP Life Issue 4 takes you beneath the waves — where genome science meets the mysteries of the sea. 🧬✨
Thousands of new genomes. Infinite discoveries ahead.
🚀 Dive into the ocean’s genomic frontier → bit.ly/EBP_LIFE

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 3d

Well- deserved! I remember Joe’s talks at the Carnegie when I was just starting graduate school. His talks were energetic and well-explained and exciting. AND he always made other scientists feel welcome. He is one of a kind

PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats, Joe Ecker @salkinstitute.bsky.social, to receiving the McClintock Prize! Joe has been a visionary leader of the field of genetics and genomics – not only for plants – for decades
www.salk.edu/news-release...

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Nancy Choudhary @nancy-choudhary.bsky.social · 4d

Have you ever wondered why pumpkins are never purple or blue like other plants? 🎃🌈

While most plants can produce pink, blue, and purple pigments (thanks to anthocyanins), the Cucurbitaceae family 🍈 🍉 🥒have lost all the pathway genes to produce these pigments.
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dnarnaresearch.bsky.social @dnarnaresearch.bsky.social · 3d

Modtector: Ultra-Fast Modification Signal Mining on Mapped Sequencing Reads
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Modtector: Ultra-Fast Modification Signal Mining on Mapped Sequencing Reads

Current tools for RNA epitranscriptomic modification and structural feature analysis are often fragmented, focusing on single signal types and struggling with processing efficiency, especially as sequ...

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dnarnaresearch.bsky.social @dnarnaresearch.bsky.social · 3d

A structure-guided approach to non-coding variant evaluation for transcription factor binding using AlphaFold 3
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A structure-guided approach to non-coding variant evaluation for transcription factor binding using AlphaFold 3

Non-coding single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) that alter transcription factor (TF) binding can affect gene expression and contribute to disease. Sequence-based methods can excel at predicting TF bindin...

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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 4d

Soybean flavonol 3-O-glucosyltransferase (UFGT78D2) makes plants more susceptible to leaf-chewing insects, while its loss confers resistance #FlavonoidFriday
(details: rb.gy/h21hpi) @puckerlab.bsky.social

Soy beans. Author: Wikideas1. CC0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Soy_beans.jpg

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dnarnaresearch.bsky.social @dnarnaresearch.bsky.social · 4d

Darwin's entangled bank through deep time: Structural stability of mutualistic networks over evolutionary timescales
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Darwin's entangled bank through deep time: Structural stability of mutualistic networks over evolutionary timescales

Mutualistic interactions form species-rich, complex networks that play essential roles for ecosystem function. Over macroevolutionary time scales, these networks change as species emerge and go extinc...

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dnarnaresearch.bsky.social @dnarnaresearch.bsky.social · 5d

The plastid genome of the non-photosynthetic plant Rhopalocnemis phalloides is one of the most polymorphic genomes known
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The plastid genome of the non-photosynthetic plant Rhopalocnemis phalloides is one of the most polymorphic genomes known

The common ancestor of plants in the Balanophoraceae family lost the ability to photosynthesize, and all several dozen extant species of this family feed exclusively by parasitizing other plants. Prev...

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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 5d

Excited to share our new preprint!

🧬 Large-scale Phylogenomics Reveals Systematic Loss of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis Genes at the Family Level in Cucurbitaceae

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A deep dive into the genomic evolution of color in cucurbits 🎃🍉 — feedback welcome!
@puckerlab.bsky.social

Synteny plots supporting loss of DFR, ANS, and arGST in Cucurbitaceae. Reference: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.06.680802

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dnarnaresearch.bsky.social @dnarnaresearch.bsky.social · 6d

Large-scale Phylogenomics Reveals Systematic Loss of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis Genes at the Family Level in Cucurbitaceae
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Adaptive Disruption of Carotenoid Metabolism in Cavefish via Loss of Beta-carotene oxygenase 2a (Bco2a)
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Large-scale Phylogenomics Reveals Systematic Loss of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis Genes at the Family Level in Cucurbitaceae

Plant pigmentation secrets are among the oldest interests of plant scientists, with pigments such as chlorophyll, carotenoids, flavonoids, and betalains contributing to the diversity of hues in higher...

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PuckerLab publications @puckerlabpapers.bsky.social · Jul 26

Multiple mechanisms explain loss of anthocyanins from betalain-pigmented Caryophyllales, including repeated wholesale loss of a key anthocyanidin synthesis enzyme
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#Anthocyanins #Flavonoids #Betalains #Caryophyllales #Evolution #Biosynthesis #TranscriptionFactor #Evolution

Multiple mechanisms explain loss of anthocyanins from betalain‐pigmented Caryophyllales, including repeated wholesale loss of a key anthocyanidin synthesis enzyme

In this study, we investigate the genetic mechanisms responsible for the loss of anthocyanins in betalain-pigmented Caryophyllales, considering our hypothesis of multiple transitions to betalain pig.....

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