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mick
@mickischill.bsky.social
· May 8
Landscape genomics and demography of California Azolla
Azolla was collected and sequenced across California as a part of the California Conservation Genomics Project. We identify three major populations of Azolla in the state. Out of these groups, we are ...
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mick
@mickischill.bsky.social
· Feb 22
The nitrogen‐fixing fern Azolla has a complex microbiome characterized by varying degrees of cophylogenetic signal
Premise Azolla is a genus of floating ferns that has closely evolved with a vertically transmitted obligate cyanobacterium endosymbiont—Anabaena azollae—that fixes nitrogen. There are also other les...
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
mick
@mickischill.bsky.social
· Jan 24
The microbiome of Calasterella californica is shaped mostly by the genetics of the host thalli
Premise of the study: Plant microbiomes have been shown to affect essential life processes like plant growth, defense mechanisms, and stress responses. Much of the work done on this topic has focused ...
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Fay-Wei Li
@fernway.bsky.social
· Jan 3
mick
@mickischill.bsky.social
· Jan 4
The Interlocutor - The Nature of Our Times
A fish goes blblblblblblbl; A bear doesn’t mind. The tree says shshshshsh To the birds—many of whom We already know. It is unknown the sound of moss Or the language of most insects. And if I said some...
natureofourtimes.poetsforscience.org
mick
@mickischill.bsky.social
· Dec 14