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Lessons from the past and the future of food.
Perspectives from the recent and ancient past are largely underutilized in modern sustainability or food systems studies. However, information about regional crop histories and land use systems through time can add essential value and context to debates concerning future agricultural strategies and food security. In particular, archaeological and anthropological research...Reed, Kelly ; Ryan, Philippa
Land use, Anthropology, Resilience, Food systems, Archaeology, Food security, Underutilised crops, and Sustainability
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Floristics of forests across low nutrient soils in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The island of Sulawesi formed from the joining of proto‐islands roughly three million years ago. Regions of zoological endemism, corresponding to the proto‐islands, have been reported. Sulawesi's tree communities, however, remain poorly documented. In better‐studied tropical regions, soil types similar to those found in Sulawesi often have distinctive tree communities.... -
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A model-data fusion approach to analyse carbon dynamics in managed grasslands.
Grasslands are an important component of the global carbon (C) cycle, with a strong potential for C sequestration. However, an improved capacity to quantify grassland C stocks and monitor their variation in space and time, particularly in response to management, is needed in order to conserve and enhance grassland C...Myrgiotis, Vasileios ; Blei, Emanuel ; Clement, Rob ; Jones, Stephanie K. ; Keane, Ben …
Primary production, Grasslands, Carbon sequestration, United Kingdom, and Model-data fusion
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Are Urban Communities in Successional Stasis? A Case Study on Epiphytic Lichen Communities
Urban areas may contain a wide range of potential habitats and environmental gradients and, given the many benefits to human health and well-being, there is a growing interest in maximizing their biodiversity potential. However, the ecological patterns and processes in urban areas are poorly understood. Using a widely applicable ecological...Llewellyn, Theo ; Gaya, Ester ; Murrell, David J.
empty niches, bioindicators, fungal diversity, pollution, urban ecosystems, lichenized fungi, community ecology, species co-occurrence, and epiphytes
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The past and future human impact on mammalian diversity
To understand the current biodiversity crisis, it is crucial to determine how humans have affected biodiversity in the past. However, the extent of human involvement in species extinctions from the Late Pleistocene onward remains contentious. Here, we apply Bayesian models to the fossil record to estimate how mammalian extinction rates...Andermann, Tobias ; Faurby, Søren ; Turvey, Samuel T. ; Antonelli, Alexandre ; Silvestro, Daniele
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Selective extinction against redundant species buffers functional diversity
The extinction of species can destabilize ecological processes. A way to assess the ecological consequences of species loss is by examining changes in functional diversity. The preservation of functional diversity depends on the range of ecological roles performed by species, or functional richness, and the number of species per role,...Pimiento, Catalina ; Bacon, Christine D. ; Silvestro, Daniele ; Hendy, Austin ; Jaramillo, Carlos …
global change, molluscs, competition, Caribbean, extinction, and invertebrates
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KEYLINK: towards a more integrative soil representation for inclusion in ecosystem scale models. I. review and model concept
The relatively poor simulation of the below-ground processes is a severe drawback for many ecosystem models, especially when predicting responses to climate change and management. For a meaningful estimation of ecosystem production and the cycling of water, energy, nutrients and carbon, the integration of soil processes and the exchanges at...Deckmyn, Gaby ; Flores, Omar ; Mayer, Mathias ; Domene, Xavier ; Schnepf, Andrea …
Literature review, Soil Science, Ecosystem Science, and Ecology
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Rapid diversification rates in Amazonian Chrysobalanaceae inferred from plastid genome phylogenetics
We studied the evolutionary history of Chrysobalanaceae with phylogenetic analyses of complete plastid genomes from 156 species to assess the tempo of diversification in the Neotropics and help to unravel the causes of Amazonian plant diversification. These plastid genomes had a mean length of 162 204 base pairs, and the...Chave, Jerome ; Sothers, Cynthia ; Iribar, Amaia ; Suescun, Uxue ; Chase, Mark W …
tropical forest, phylogenetic inference, Amazonia, Malpighiales, and molecular dating
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Plant Power: Opportunities and challenges for meeting sustainable energy needs from the plant and fungal kingdoms
Societal Impact Statement Bioenergy is a major component of the global transition to renewable energy technologies. The plant and fungal kingdoms offer great potential but remain mostly untapped. Their increased use could contribute to the renewable energy transition and addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 “Ensure access to...Grace, Olwen M. ; Lovett, Jon C. ; Gore, Charles J. N. ; Moat, Justin ; Ondo, Ian …
biofuel, sustainable energy, feedstock , Bioenergy , energy poverty, research effort , renewables, and biogas
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Identifying and mapping individual plants in a highly diverse high-elevation ecosystem using UAV imagery and deep learning
The identification and counting of plant individuals is essential for environmental monitoring. UAV based imagery offer ultra-fine spatial resolution and flexibility in data acquisition, and so provide a great opportunity to enhance current plant and in-situ field surveying. However, accurate mapping of individual plants from UAV imagery remains challenging, given...Zhang, Ce ; Atkinson, Peter M. ; George, Charles ; Wen, Zhaofei ; Diazgranados, Mauricio …
Scale sequence, Multi-scale deep learning , Residual U-Net, Semantic segmentation, and Páramos
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Repeat-sequence turnover shifts fundamentally in species with large genomes.
Given the 2,400-fold range of genome sizes (0.06–148.9 Gbp (gigabase pair)) of seed plants (angiosperms and gymnosperms) with a broadly similar gene content (amounting to approximately 0.03 Gbp), the repeat-sequence content of the genome might be expected to increase with genome size, resulting in the largest genomes consisting almost entirely of repetitive...Novák, Petr ; Guignard, Maïté S. ; Neumann, Pavel ; Kelly, Laura J. ; Mlinarec, Jelena …
Species lineages, Genomes, Repeat turnover, Repeat-sequence content, and Genome size
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The rise of angiosperms pushed conifers to decline during global cooling
Competition among species and entire clades can impact species diversification and extinction, which can shape macroevolutionary patterns. The fossil record shows successive biotic turnovers such that a dominant group is replaced by another. One striking example involves the decline of gymnosperms and the rapid diversification and ecological dominance of angiosperms...Condamine, Fabien L. ; Silvestro, Daniele ; Koppelhus, Eva B. ; Antonelli, Alexandre
macroevolution, competition, paleoenvironment, and gymnosperms
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Disproportionate extinction of South American mammals drove the asymmetry of the Great American Biotic Interchange.
The interchange between the previously disconnected faunas of North and South America was a massive experiment in biological invasion. A major gap in our understanding of this invasion is why there was a drastic increase in the proportion of mammals of North American origin found in South America. Four nonmutually... -
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Contrasted histories of organelle and nuclear genomes underlying physiological diversification in a grass species
C4 photosynthesis evolved multiple times independently in angiosperms, but most origins are relatively old so that the early events linked to photosynthetic diversification are blurred. The grass Alloteropsis semialata is an exception, as this species encompasses C4 and non-C4 populations. Using phylogenomics and population genomics, we infer the history of...Bianconi, Matheus E. ; Dunning, Luke T. ; Curran, Emma V. ; Hidalgo, Oriane ; Powell, Robyn F. …
polyploidy, miombo woodlands, phylogenomics, C4 photosynthesis, phylogeography, and admixture
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A haplotype-led approach to increase the precision of wheat breeding
Crop productivity must increase at unprecedented rates to meet the needs of the growing worldwide population. Exploiting natural variation for the genetic improvement of crops plays a central role in increasing productivity. Although current genomic technologies can be used for high-throughput identification of genetic variation, methods for efficiently exploiting this...Brinton, Jemima ; 10 Wheat Genome Project ; Ramirez-Gonzalez, Ricardo H. ; Simmonds, James ; Wingen, Luzie …
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Habitat specialisation controls ectomycorrhizal fungi above the treeline in the European Alps
Alpine habitats are one of the most vulnerable ecosystems to environmental change, however, little information is known about the drivers of plant–fungal interactions in these ecosystems and their resilience to climate change. We investigated the influence of the main drivers of ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungal communities along elevation and environmental gradients... -
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Contrasted histories of organelle and nuclear genomes underlying physiological diversification in a grass species
C4 photosynthesis evolved multiple times independently in angiosperms, but most origins are relatively old so that the early events linked to photosynthetic diversification are blurred. The grass Alloteropsis semialata is an exception, as this species encompasses C4 and non-C4 populations. Using phylogenomics and population genomics, we infer the history of...Bianconi, Matheus E. ; Dunning, Luke T. ; Curran, Emma V. ; Hidalgo, Oriane ; Powell, Robyn F. …
polyploidy, miombo woodlands, admixture, C₄ photosynthesis, phylogeography, and phylogenomics
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Conservation priorities for African Vigna species: Unveiling Angola’s diversity hotspots
It is widely recognized that the conservation of the Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) in their wild habitats is fundamental to ensure the continuous supply of novel genetic material, crucial for future crop improvement. Vigna unguiculata (cowpea) and V. subterranea (bambara groundnut) are amongst the most significant African legumes as sources...Catarino, Silvia ; Rangel, Josefa ; Darbyshire, Iain ; Costa, Esperança ; Duarte, Maria Cristina …
Climate change, Crop wild relatives (CWR), Gap analysis, Leguminosae, Cowpea, and Protected areas
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A robust phylogenomic framework for the calamoid palms
Well-supported phylogenies are a prerequisite for the study of the evolution and diversity of life on earth. The subfamily Calamoideae accounts for more than one fifth of the palm family (Arecaceae), occurs in tropical rainforests across the world, and supports a billion-dollar industry in rattan products. It contains ca. 550...Kuhnhäuser, Benedikt G. ; Bellot, Sidonie ; Couvreur, Thomas L.P. ; Dransfield, John ; Henderson, Andrew …
Systematics, Calamoideae, Phylogenomics, Gene tree conflict, Rattan, and Arecaceae
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Fossil data support a pre-Cretaceous origin of flowering plants
Flowering plants (angiosperms) are the most diverse of all land plants, becoming abundant in the Cretaceous and achieving dominance in the Cenozoic. However, the exact timing of their origin remains a controversial topic, with molecular clocks generally placing their origin much further back in time than the oldest unequivocal fossils....Silvestro, Daniele ; Bacon, Christine D. ; Ding, Wenna ; Zhang, Qiuyue ; Donoghue, Philip C. J. …
Evolution, Computational biology and bioinformatics , and Plant sciences
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Stomatal responses to carbon dioxide and light require abscisic acid catabolism in Arabidopsis
In plants, stomata control water loss and CO2 uptake. The aperture and density of stomatal pores, and hence the exchange of gases between the plant and the atmosphere, are controlled by internal factors such as the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) and external signals including light and CO2. In this...Movahedi, Mahsa ; Zoulias, Nicholas ; Casson, Stuart A. ; Sun, Peng ; Liang, Yun-Kuan …
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Refining the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization: How Plant Fiber Technology Drove Social Complexity During the Preceramic Period.
Complex society, Preceramic Period, Cotton, South coast Peru, Plant bast fibers, Peru, Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization, Fishing nets, and Broad Spectrum Revolution
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Regulation of seed germination by diurnally alternating temperatures in disturbance-adapted banana crop wild relatives (Musa acuminata).
Seed conservation of banana crop wild relatives (Musa L. spp.) is limited because of lack of knowledge about their germination ecology. Musa acuminata Colla, the most important banana crop wild relative, is distributed in tropical and subtropical Asian and Pacific rainforests and colonizes disturbed sites. The role of temperature in... -
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Low dispersal and ploidy differences in a grass maintain photosynthetic diversity despite gene flow and habitat overlap.
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Seed Banks as Incidental Fungi Banks: Fungal Endophyte Diversity in Stored Seeds of Banana Wild Relatives.
Hill, Rowena ; Llewellyn, Theo ; Downes, Elizabeth ; Oddy, Joseph ; MacIntosh, Catriona …
Endophytic fungi, Musa, Banana, Seed banking, Fusarium, Crop wild relatives, and Seed mycobiome
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Carbon for nutrient exchange between Lycopodiella inundata and Mucoromycotina fine root endophytes is unresponsive to high atmospheric CO2.
Hoysted, Grace A. ; Kowal, Jill ; Bidartondo, Martin I. ; Field, Katie J.
Endogonales ·, Mucoromycotina, Vascular plants , Atmospheric CO2, Fine root endophytes , and Lycopodiella inundata
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Complex evolutionary history of two ecologically significant grass genera, Themeda and Heteropogon (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Andropogoneae).
Arthan, Watchara ; Dunning, Luke T. ; Besnard, Guillaume ; Manzi, Sophie ; Kellogg, Elizabeth A. …
Pleistocene, C4 grassland expansion, Phylogenomics, Plastomes, Anthistiriinae, and Dating
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Using structural colour to track length scale of cell-wall layers in developing Pollia japonica fruits.
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Assessing the evolution of wheat grain traits during the last 166 years using archived samples.
Ben Mariem, Sinda ; Gámez, Angie L. ; Larraya, Luis ; Fuertes-Mendizabal, Teresa ; Cañameras, Nuria …
Evolution, Natural variation in plants, Plant development , Plant stress responses, and Triticum
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Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and the SDGs: challenges, interdisciplinary research gaps and empowering methodologies.
Indigenous Peoples’ food systems have a critical role to play in addressing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but face many challenges and have so far received little attention from researchers and policymakers. This virtual workshop, consisting of four webinars held in October 2020, brought together several Indigenous representatives, academics,...Swiderska, Krystyna ; Ryan, Philippa
Sustainable development goals, Biocultural heritage, Indigenous food systems, Empowerment, Food systems, and Sustainable agriculture
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Taking the pulse of Earth’s tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots.
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Ecology , AfriTRON , RAINFOR , Monitoring , Southeast Asia , Amazonia, Global change , Dynamics , Africa , Rainforest , Biodiversity , Species richness , Permanent sample plots , Carbon sink , and Forest plots
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On the origin of giant seeds: the macroevolution of the double coconut (Lodoicea maldivica) and its relatives (Borasseae, Arecaceae).
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The largest type study of Agaricales species to date: bringing identification and nomenclature of Phlegmacium (Cortinarius) into the DNA era.
Liimatainen, K. ; Niskanen, T. ; Dima, B. ; Kytövuori, I. ; Ammirati, J. F. …
Taxonomy, Typification, Diversity, Basidiomycota, ITS, and DNA barcoding
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Bio-Dem, a tool to explore the relationship between biodiversity data availability and socio-political conditions in time and space.
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Loss of functional diversity through anthropogenic extinctions of island birds is not offset by biotic invasions.
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New species and nomenclatural changes in Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae) from Madagascar.
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Phylogenomics of the Palm Tribe Lepidocaryeae (Calamoideae: Arecaceae) and Description of a New Species of Mauritiella.
Torres Jiménez, Maria Fernanda ; Prata, Eduardo M. B. ; Zizka, Alexander ; Cohn-Haft, Mario ; de Oliveira, Ayslaner V. G. …
Amazonia, Phylogenomics, Palmae, Mauritiella, and Africa
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The seasonally dry tropical forest species Cavanillesia chicamochae has a middle Quaternary origin.
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The structure of Leguminosae-Detarioideae dominant rain forest in Korup National Park, Cameroon.
Background and aims – We studied a cluster of trees in the Leguminosae subfamily Detarioideae, to: (1) determine the size, structure, and tree species composition of this cluster; (2) map the size, shape, and structure of groups of individual Detarioideae tree species in the cluster.Location – Lowland rain forest in... -
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Prioritising crop wild relatives to enhance agricultural resilience in sub‐Saharan Africa under climate change.
Satori, David ; Tovar, Carolina ; Faruk, Aisyah ; Hammond Hunt, Eleanor ; Muller, Gemma …
Food security , Nature-based solutions, Conservation, Seed banks, Functional traits , and Plant pre-breeding
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Maximizing genetic representation in seed collections from populations of self and cross-pollinated banana wild relatives.
Kallow, Simon ; Panis, Bart ; Vu Dang, Toan ; Vu Dang, Tuong ; Paofa, Janet …
Genetic diversity, Seed bank, Musa, Conservation strategy, Sampling, and Crop wild relatives
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Genome‐wide transcriptome signatures of ant‐farmed Squamellaria epiphytes reveal key functions in a unique symbiosis.
Pu, Yuanshu ; Naikatini, Alivereti ; Pérez‐Escobar, Oscar Alejandro ; Silber, Martina ; Renner, Susanne S. …
Symbiosis, De novo transcriptomics, Squamellaria, Mutualism, and Ant agriculture
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The Cenozoic history of palms: Global diversification, biogeography and the decline of megathermal forests.
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Browse from Three Tree Legumes Increases Forage Production for Cattle in a Silvopastoral System in the Southwest Amazon.
Assessing the palatability of forage from locally adapted trees could improve the sustainability of livestock production systems. However, grasses continue to dominate livestock feed across the Amazon. We established a silvopastoral cattle farming system in Peru, comparing three different forage tree species with grass monocultures using a randomised block design....Dablin, Lucy ; Lewis, Simon L. ; Milliken, William ; Monro, Alexandre ; Lee, Mark A.
Agroforestry, Biomass, Intensification, Agriculture, Ecosystem, Silvopasture, Livestock, Sustainable, and Browse
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A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland.
The vascular flora of Britain and Ireland is among the most extensively studied in the world, but the current knowledge base is fragmentary, with taxonomic, ecological and genetic information scattered across different resources. Here we present the first comprehensive data repository of native and alien species optimized for fast and...Henniges, Marie C. ; Powell, Robyn F. ; Mian, Sahr ; Stace, Clive A. ; Walker, Kevin J. …
Taxonomy, Ireland, Great Britain, Plant ecology, Genetics, Biodiversity, Ecology, and Literature mining
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Cell wall composition determines handedness reversal in helicoidal cellulose architectures of Pollia condensata fruits.
Chiral asymmetry is important in a wide variety of disciplines and occurs across length scales. While several natural chiral biomolecules exist only with single handedness, they can produce complex hierarchical structures with opposite chiralities. Understanding how the handedness is transferred from molecular to the macroscopic scales is far from trivial.... -
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Forest tree growth is linked to mycorrhizal fungal composition and function across Europe.
Most trees form symbioses with ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) which influence access to growth-limiting soil resources. Mesocosm experiments repeatedly show that EMF species differentially affect plant development, yet whether these effects ripple up to influence the growth of entire forests remains unknown. Here we tested the effects of EMF composition and... -
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Filling the gaps in gene banks: Collecting, characterizing, and phenotyping wild banana relatives of Papua New Guinea.
Eyland, David ; Breton, Catherine ; Sardos, Julie ; Kallow, Simon ; Panis, Bart …
Bananas, Musa, Seed collecting, Crop wild relatives , Papua New Guinea, Phenotypes, and Gene banks
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High evolutionary and functional distinctiveness of endemic monocots in world islands.
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Contrasting responses of native ant communities to invasion by an ant invader, Linepithema humile.
Invasive alien species pose a serious threat to the integrity and function of natural ecosystems. Understanding how these invaders alter natural communities is therefore an important aspect in predicting the likely future outcomes of biological invasions. Many studies have documented the consequences of invasive alien species on native community structure,... -
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Emergence of methicillin resistance predates the clinical use of antibiotics.
The discovery of antibiotics more than 80 years ago has led to considerable improvements in human and animal health. Although antibiotic resistance in environmental bacteria is ancient, resistance in human pathogens is thought to be a modern phenomenon that is driven by the clinical use of antibiotics . Here we... -
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Harnessing Large-Scale Herbarium Image Datasets Through Representation Learning.
The mobilization of large-scale datasets of specimen images and metadata through herbarium digitization provide a rich environment for the application and development of machine learning techniques. However, limited access to computational resources and uneven progress in digitization, especially for small herbaria, still present barriers to the wide adoption of these...Walker, Barnaby E. ; Tucker, Allan ; Nicolson, Nicky
Machine learning, Natural history collections, Digitized herbarium specimens, Deep learning, and Computer vision
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Lipid Metabolism Is Dysregulated before, during and after Pregnancy in a Mouse Model of Gestational Diabetes.
The aim of the current study was to test the hypothesis that maternal lipid metabolism was modulated during normal pregnancy and that these modulations are altered in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). We tested this hypothesis using an established mouse model of diet-induced obesity with pregnancy-associated loss of glucose tolerance and... -
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A pipeline for making 31P NMR accessible for small- and large-scale lipidomics studies.
Detailed molecular analysis is of increasing importance in research into the regulation of biochemical pathways, organismal growth and disease. Lipidomics in particular is increasingly sought after as it provides insight into molecular species involved in energy storage, signalling and fundamental cellular structures. This has led to the use of a...Furse, Samuel ; Williams, Huw E. L. ; Watkins, Adam J. ; Virtue, Samuel ; Vidal-Puig, Antonio …
Lipidomics, 31P NMR, and Lipid profiling
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Genetic diversity and structure of Musa balbisiana populations in Vietnam and its implications for the conservation of banana crop wild relatives.
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are an indispensable source of alleles to improve desired traits in related crops. While knowledge on the genetic diversity of CWR can facilitate breeding and conservation strategies, it has poorly been assessed. Cultivated bananas are a major part of the diet and income of hundreds of...Mertens, Arne ; Bawin, Yves ; Vanden Abeele, Samuel ; Kallow, Simon ; Vu Dang, Toan …
Species diversity, Genetics, Heterozygosity, Phylogeography, Vietnam, China, Leaves, and Population genetics
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Phylogenetics of Ochna (Ochnaceae) and a new infrageneric classification.
Advances in high-throughput DNA sequencing are allowing faster and more affordable generation of molecular phylogenetic trees for many organisms. However, resolving relationships at species level is still challenging, particularly for taxonomically difficult groups. Until recently, the classification of Ochna had been based only on morphological data. Here, we present the...Shah, Toral ; Mashimba, Fandey H. ; Suleiman, Haji O. ; Mbailwa, Yahya S ; Schneider, Julio V …
Systematics, Style branching, Ochna, Phylogenomics, Anther dehiscence, Taxonomic revision, and HybSeq
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Gramene 2021: harnessing the power of comparative genomics and pathways for plant research.
Gramene (http://www.gramene.org), a knowledgebase founded on comparative functional analyses of genomic and pathway data for model plants and major crops, supports agricultural researchers worldwide. The resource is committed to open access and reproducible science based on the FAIR data principles. Since the last NAR update, we made nine releases; doubled...Tello-Ruiz, Marcela K ; Naithani, Sushma ; Gupta, Parul ; Olson, Andrew ; Wei, Sharon …
Major crops, Genomics, Model plants, Comparative genomics, Gramene, and Databases
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Ectopic expression of Triticum polonicum VRT-A2 underlies elongated glumes and grains in hexaploid wheat in a dosage-dependent manner.
Flower development is an important determinant of grain yield in crops. In wheat (Triticum spp.), natural variation for the size of spikelet and floral organs is particularly evident in Triticum turgidum ssp. polonicum (also termed Triticum polonicum), a tetraploid subspecies of wheat with long glumes, lemmas, and grains. Using map-based...Adamski, Nikolai M. ; Simmonds, James ; Brinton, Jemima F. ; Backhaus, Anna E. ; Chen, Yi …
Flower development, Ectopic expression, Triticum polonicum, and Grain yield
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Standards recommendations for the Earth BioGenome Project.
A global international initiative, such as the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), requires both agreement and coordination on standards to ensure that the collective effort generates rapid progress toward its goals. To this end, the EBP initiated five technical standards committees comprising volunteer members from the global genomics scientific community: Sample...Lawniczak, Mara K. N. ; Durbin, Richard ; Flicek, Paul ; Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin ; Wei, Xiaofeng …
Earth BioGenome Project, Ethics, Genomics, and Genome assembly
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Hybridization: a ‘double-edged sword’ for Neotropical plant diversity.
Hybridization can facilitate both evolutionary diversification and extinction and has had a critical role in plant evolution, with c. 25% of species known to hybridize in some temperate floras. However, in the species-rich Neotropical flora, the role of hybridization in the evolution of diversity remains unclear. Our review examines studies...Schley, Rowan J ; Twyford, Alex D ; Pennington, R Toby
Neotropics, Amazonia, ASpeciation, Andes, Amazonia, Genomics, Diversification, and Introgression
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Certification of açaí agroforestry increases the conservation potential of the Amazonian tree flora.
The harvesting of açaí berries (palm fruits from the genus ) in Amazonia has increased over the last 20 years due to a high local and global market demand and triggered by their widely acclaimed health benefits as a ‘superfood’. Although such increase represents a financial boom for local communities,...Damasco, Gabriel ; Anhalt, Mandy ; Perdiz, Ricardo O. ; Wittmann, Florian ; de Assis, Rafael L. …
Açaí management, Amazonia, Biodiversity conservation, Euterpe, and Flooded forests
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Drying banana seeds for ex situ conservation.
The ability of seeds to withstand drying is fundamental to ex situ seed conservation but drying responses are not well known for most wild species including crop wild relatives. We look at drying responses of seeds of Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, the two primary wild relatives of bananas and...Kallow, Simon ; Garcia Zuluaga, Manuela ; Fanega Sleziak, Natalia ; Nugraha, Bayu ; Mertens, Arne …
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Challenges for Ex Situ Conservation of Wild Bananas: Seeds Collected in Papua New Guinea Have Variable Levels of Desiccation Tolerance.
Ex situ seed conservation of banana crop wild relatives (Musa spp. L.), is constrained by critical knowledge gaps in their storage and germination behaviour. Additionally, challenges in collecting seeds from wild populations impact the quality of seed collections. It is, therefore, crucial to evaluate the viability of seeds from such... -
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Uncovering Environmental Change in the English Lake District: Using Computational Techniques to Trace the Presence and Documentation of Historical Flora.
There is a lack of concrete knowledge about floristic change in Britain before the mid-20th century. Relevant evidence is available, but it is principally contained in disparate historical sources. In this article, we demonstrate how such sources can be efficiently collated and analysed through the implementation of state-of-the-art computational-linguistic and... -
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A mouse model of gestational diabetes shows dysregulated lipid metabolism post-weaning, after return to euglycaemia.
Furse, Samuel ; Fernandez-Twinn, Denise S. ; Beeson, Jessica H. ; Chiarugi, Davide ; Ozanne, Susan E. …
Lipidomics, Mouse models, Type 2 diabetes, and Gestational diabetes
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Extraction and high-throughput sequencing of oak heartwood DNA: Assessing the feasibility of genome-wide DNA methylation profiling.
Tree ring features are affected by environmental factors and therefore are the basis for dendrochronological studies to reconstruct past environmental conditions. Oak wood often provides the data for these studies because of the durability of oak heartwood and hence the availability of samples spanning long time periods of the distant...Rossi, Federico ; Crnjar, Alessandro ; Comitani, Federico ; Feliciano, Rodrigo ; Jahn, Leonie …
High-throughput sequencing, DNA methylation profiling, Heartwood, Extraction, Oak, and Quercus
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A high‐quality reference genome for Fraxinus pennsylvanica for ash species restoration and research.
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