The extreme environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) provides an ideal natural laboratory for studies on adaptive evolution. Few genome/transcriptome based studies have been conducted on how plants adapt to the environments of QTP compared to numerous studies on vertebrates.Crucihimalaya himalaicai...
It takes a certain amount of flexibility for a plant to survive and reproduce. It can stretch its roots toward water and its leaves toward sunlight, but it has few options for escaping predators or finding mates. To compensate, many plants have evolved repair mechanisms and reproductive strategie...
Fungi have been companions of mankind for millennia. Mushrooms inspired our eating culture, and yeasts and filamentous fungi were developed into highly efficient cell factories during the last 100 years to produce many products utilized in different indu
Horizontal transfer of genetic material can also be found in animals and plants (Panaud, 2016), but occurs more frequently between microbes and probably has a larger role in microbial communities. Experimental and technological approaches Rare microbe research is a rapidly emerging field. Given the ...
The virus entering into cell by the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor and use the host cell’s machinery to reproduce and contaminate new host cells. Nano-based materials could help in: (i) enhanced the speed and sensitivity of virus detection; (ii) help in the development of...
Rarity can be defined in several ways, including for instance local abundance, habitat specificity and geographical spread (Rabinowitz, 1981). These concepts are routinely applied to plants and animals, and can be easily transferred to microbial communities. Local abundance is the easiest and the mos...