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- July 27, 2017
We continue our roundup of tweets from Shenzhen, starting with an important observation from yesterday.
#IBC2017 77% special lectures male, yesterday 90% male.We need better gender representation @Women_in_NatSci @W_STEM @ILAssetBuilding @bgci pic.twitter.com/ckPfR6rcZS
— Dr. Alice C Hughes (@AliceCHughes) July 26, 2017
90% of plenary talks from men too… #IBC2017 #wipb
— Joanne Ashnest (@JoAshnest) July 27, 2017
Jeff Ollerton has another blog post giving an inside view of Shenzhen
For those with the aeroplane / #IBC2017 viral cold and cough, this is the stuff pic.twitter.com/YiJ6Bh3S9c
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 27, 2017
Structural characteristics of forests and diversity of woody plants in China.
JingYun Fang goes far beyond description to discuss adaptations shown by trees across China. North less diversity than S. #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/p1gdcBeUeu
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 27, 2017
#IBC2017 Jingyun Fang: 11405 woody plant species in China. pic.twitter.com/LyP1XKeyUO
— JIPB (@IntegrPlantBiol) July 27, 2017
Fang J. opens 27/07 #IBC2017 plenary session. Data for +11,000 woody plant sps. were collected in China. Species richness assoc. south mnts.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Fang J. #IBC2017 Chinese woody plants have a higher affinity with tropical climate (47%) than temperate (22%) contrib. to high biodiversity.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
#IBC2017 Jingyun Fang: North America has more tree species than China at high latitudes (cold regions). pic.twitter.com/e1qUaoZpsV
— JIPB (@IntegrPlantBiol) July 27, 2017
Fang: Woody plant species diversity highest in southeastern China by far, particularly in mountainous regions #ibc2017
— Dr. Alex Sullivan (@lxsllvn) July 27, 2017
Fang: over 11k species of woody plants in China! #ibc2017
— Dr. Alex Sullivan (@lxsllvn) July 27, 2017
Fang: historical factors more important than contemporary in explaining distribution of woody plant diversity in China #ibc2017
— Dr. Alex Sullivan (@lxsllvn) July 27, 2017
Fang: winter coldness is the single most important factor in determining species richness because it filters out tropical species #ibc2017
— Dr. Alex Sullivan (@lxsllvn) July 27, 2017
Application of genomics to crop plant improvement
Use genomics how to accelerate crops improvement, by- Dr. Michael Bevan from @JohnInnesCentre #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/xoDvaHGwXN
— Palash Chandra Mondol (@iampalash11) July 27, 2017
Bevan M. #IBC2017 about grass genomics. #polyploidy, #chromosome_fussions & #repeat_expansions shape grass genomes. 80% wheat genome are LTR
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Michael Bevan: wheat genome is huge, but important to sequence. #Polyploidy leads to key agronomic traits! #microRNAs #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/hUxdnRWzv0
— Matt Gitzendanner (@m_gitz) July 27, 2017
Bevan M. #IBC2017. Wheat genome => AABBDD (8KYA). Q-5A mut. gene for miRNA produces non-shattering form making possible the harvest.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
.@michaelbevan565 shows picture of me – as chromosomes – in fast paced talk on grass evolution Polyploidy/WGD, chr fusion & repeats #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/4vkzSIjVF5
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 27, 2017
#IBC2017 Michael Bevan: Wheat genome is 5x larger than human genome. pic.twitter.com/168hekMEub
— JIPB (@IntegrPlantBiol) July 27, 2017
Bevan M. #IBC2017 wheat genome feeds on 3rd G. #NGS systems. 3 versions available. D subgenome lowest variation with its ancestor.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
This picture illustrate the progression of #wheat #genomics research. Huge progress in past recent years. Dr. Michael Bevan #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/mUm1hl5qf7
— Palash Chandra Mondol (@iampalash11) July 27, 2017
#IBC2017 Michael Bevan: Elite wheat lines in Europe and China are very different. pic.twitter.com/hFSaQ7gLvh
— JIPB (@IntegrPlantBiol) July 27, 2017
Dr. Michael Bevan shows us rapid progress of wheat genomics in recent years and how to use genome to accelerate crop breeding.#IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/uohpkAnYzo
— Chuanji Zhao (@ZhaoChuanji) July 27, 2017
Another Abonminable Mystery: Gene-Body Methylation
Gaut B.S. #IBC2017 about #TE & #methylation. Gene body meth. tend to be longer, mut. of these genes have effects and they evolve slowly.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Gaut B.S. #IBC2017 body gene meth. (gbM) is conserved across taxa. CG more common in Angiosperms but CG + CGH more common in Gymnosperms
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Gene body methylation: Why, how and what do evolutionary patternss tell us, by- Brandon S. Gaut #IBC2017 complecated but interesting. pic.twitter.com/XaR70RZyli
— Palash Chandra Mondol (@iampalash11) July 27, 2017
.@bsgaut: high correlation in gene body #methylation of orthologous genes across plant phylogeny #IBC2017
— Alex Taylor (@ATayters) July 27, 2017
Shifts in gene body methylation increases variation in gene expression in plants- Brandon Gaut #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/CXRa2uPilG
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 27, 2017
Brandon Gaut: Gene body methylation must have a function, but what is it? An abominable mystery! #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/8bytldk5iR
— Matt Gitzendanner (@m_gitz) July 27, 2017
Mechanisms of microRNA degradation
#IBC2017 Xuemei Chen: Mechanisms of microRNA degradation. 3' trimming and 3' tailing of small RNAs are conserved in plants and animals. pic.twitter.com/3MRJazy7YL
— JIPB (@IntegrPlantBiol) July 27, 2017
Brilliant talk and beautiful data from Dr Xue Mei Chen on miRNA degradation – the forgotten half of the miRNA accumulation cycle #IBC2017
— Joanne Ashnest (@JoAshnest) July 27, 2017
Mapping Asia Plants
https://twitter.com/UDCMRK/status/890401165862727681
Ke-Ping Ma gives a shout out to @BioDivLibrary China in his talk "Mapping Asia Plants" #ibc2017 pic.twitter.com/gOQIqZTJ6N
— BHL Program Director (@BHLProgDirector) July 27, 2017
Understanding Kranz Anatomy in Maize
My another fab. topic in plant science, Understanding Kranz anatomy in maize with a view to archiving C4 rice, by- Jane Langdale #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/LNbYIxQUKK
— Palash Chandra Mondol (@iampalash11) July 27, 2017
Langdale J. #IBC2017 C4 pathway isn't only a metab. adapt. but also involve anatomical changes so develop a C4 rice needs Metab+Anat. modif.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
.@JaneLangdale: to ID genes regulating Kranz anatomy in maize, compared development of reg leaves (C4) husk leaves (C3-like) #IBC2017
— Alex Taylor (@ATayters) July 27, 2017
Langdale J. #IBC2017 Kranz cells are essentialfor C4 metab. Engineer them involves extra veins & stomata, bundle sheath along vein cells.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Langdale J. #IBC2017 SCR1 & SHR1 genes are involved in the bundle sheath cells along vein cells. ZmSHR1 produces ectoplasm stomata.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Gaut B.S. #IBC2017 species that lack in CMT3 doesn't have gbM. GbM function is not clear but in a evolutionary context must have one.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Careful cell biology is putting together genes & molecular pieces for C4 photosynthesis: from maize to rice, shows @JaneLangdale #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/8RGnS6F8to
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 27, 2017
Thinking through the e in e-floras
https://twitter.com/hsauquet_upsud/status/890409591883747329
E-Floras are next generation tools for identification. -Kevin Thiele #IBC2017
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/UDCMRK/status/890409648171491329
O-GlcNAc signaling mediates vernalization sensing in wheat
#IBC2017 Kang Chong: Chilling tolerance in rice – GWAS, QTL mapping and the use of COLD1 for breeding. pic.twitter.com/QUc0RaZRvw
— JIPB (@IntegrPlantBiol) July 27, 2017
Chung: all evergreen Berberis sect. Wallichiani in Taiwan are endemic and came from a single origin #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/SdPsYX4Qn7
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
Chung: deciduousness of Berberis appears to correlate with freezing temperature and leaf – also diversification rate #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/eLOhfcQleB
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
Big Data in Plant Genomics
Xun Xu: Life is digital…and sequential. #BGI big data in plant genomics. #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/KFJptERo01
— Matt Gitzendanner (@m_gitz) July 27, 2017
Another big talk on #Genomics by Xun Xu from #BGI. Plant genomics data, evolutionary innovations with future precision agriculture #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/YJ9pXUbGuq
— Palash Chandra Mondol (@iampalash11) July 27, 2017
Xun Xu BGI on water efficient millet genomes. Neglected crops are ag future. Eg our proso millet Panicum https://t.co/d276L4dsNx #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/EfWsHZ4du9
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 27, 2017
Xun Xu: 10kp project will sequence 10,000 plant genomes–only about 300 available now. @UF logo well placed, Soltis Lab involved! #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/z4zfkpOxC7
— Matt Gitzendanner (@m_gitz) July 27, 2017
Applications of Genomics to Plant Crop Improvement
Mike Bevan on grass genomes #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/EnhcznUjG3
— Oliver Berkowitz (@OliverBerkowitz) July 27, 2017
Linking Heterogenous Data in Botanical Research
Pam Soltis: 65 genera show an Eastern Asia-Eastern N America disjunction: #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/Ma8XXtxbXK
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 27, 2017
Doug Soltis is telling us about BiotaPhy @ #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/EBGQCAv566
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/ry_folk/status/890510319021379584
On the Exceptional Value of Model lineages in Systematics and Comparative Biology
Donoghue: how organisms change their biome: opportunity x trait x environment #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/jWm09Qih01
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
Plant Growth in a high CO2 world
https://twitter.com/Oreotrephes/status/890448532708216832
Distinct evolutionary dynamics of C4 and CAM photosynthesis
Edwards: Viburnum was moving from tropics into temperate and becoming deciduous but how? #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/ryXIME9Juk
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
Chromosome evolution and introgression
Robert Hasterock, Katowice, Poland, looks at natural & mutagenesis induced chromosome evolution in Brachypodium w many chr markers #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/Fo4GbPhByq
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 27, 2017
Terezie Mandakova, Brno, in situ pictures show reorganization of chromosomes and mosaic karyotypes in brassicaceae species then dysploidy pic.twitter.com/jYUdVQTn27
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 27, 2017
Tony Heitkam, Dresden, sorts genomic organization of retroelement families: beet has chromoviruses at centromeres epigenetically determimed pic.twitter.com/sxu3MzVATd
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 27, 2017
Fengjiao Zhang, Nanjing, shows how to integrate large scale sequence data with chromosomal organization of repetitive DNA in Chrysanthemum pic.twitter.com/GGyjKfoj3N
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 27, 2017
Ecology and Evolution of Parasitic Plants
https://twitter.com/larschatrou/status/890453488936681473
@susann_wicke. Plastid genes lost in holoparasites found in the nuc genome may contribute to elevated rates & retained function #IBC2017
— Dave Tank (@dave_tank) July 27, 2017
Happy to see @susann_wicke using the name Neobartsia! #namesmatter #IBC2017. @uribe_convers
— Dave Tank (@dave_tank) July 27, 2017
Taxonomy and Conservation of Ferns and Lycopods
. @ebsessa is taking ferns to the big stage, literally! Community phylogenetics in the Fantastic Florida Ferns #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/OGezT35mHq
— Matt Johnson, PhD (@mossMatters) July 27, 2017
. @ebsessa explains that conflicting results between PD metrics reflects spatial scale; “each taxon brings along a friend” #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/qOnNCD8J3M
— Matt Johnson, PhD (@mossMatters) July 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/ebsessa/status/890467607886925824
https://twitter.com/ebsessa/status/890473712700575744
https://twitter.com/ebsessa/status/890474327879159808
https://twitter.com/ebsessa/status/890484048258367491
https://twitter.com/ebsessa/status/890486843166404608
https://twitter.com/ebsessa/status/890489569174593536
https://twitter.com/MLinkPerez/status/890490244298133504
Comparative Genomics Perspectives on Crassulacean Acid Metabolism
https://twitter.com/wile_phylote/status/890453517445591040
https://twitter.com/wile_phylote/status/890456757289529345
https://twitter.com/wile_phylote/status/890457192360554496
https://twitter.com/wile_phylote/status/890458929720946688
https://twitter.com/wile_phylote/status/890459834897903617
https://twitter.com/wile_phylote/status/890461778475450369
https://twitter.com/wile_phylote/status/890464585186238464
The Evolution of Tropical Biodiversity
https://twitter.com/hsauquet_upsud/status/890456820682178560
Niche Evolution and Biome Assembly Through Time
Shrestha: older age group are in temperate for Rhododendron. Origin in Northeast Asia #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/RO7W2KpM5K
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
Liu: Magnolia morphological traits are correlated with phylogenetic structure #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/Ai0y1trFbj
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
Yu/GAO: phylogeny of Theaceae hints at the dominance of subtropical broadleaf evergreen forest at oligo-miocene #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/J1uK01IhIQ
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
Stromberg: grassland started in closed habitat -> then open -> C4 independently #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/h0dHYtSxpM
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
Stromberg: it took 4 my for hypsodonty to catch up with grassland occurrence #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/wlFdENjc6C
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
Stromberg: phytolith evidence that open grasslands replaced forest in much of North America in Oligocene as CO2 levels dropped #IBC2017
— Alex Taylor (@ATayters) July 27, 2017
S. Renner: NA tree spp genet. hardwired to leaf out after strong winter conditions, EU & Asia spp less so #IBC2017
— Juan Moreira-Hernández, PhD. (@JMHbiologistico) July 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/gypsumbotany/status/890488305384665096
Grossenbacher: actually, selfers seem to be in more mesic micro habitat, but do differ in microhabitat from outcrossers #ibc2017
— Dr. Alex Sullivan (@lxsllvn) July 27, 2017
Grossenbacher: are islands enriched for selfing species? Evidence from 600 angiosperms says yes! #ibc2017
— Dr. Alex Sullivan (@lxsllvn) July 27, 2017
Grossenbacher: did selfing evolve in response to drought? Drought could select for rapid life history #ibc2017
— Dr. Alex Sullivan (@lxsllvn) July 27, 2017
Grossenbacher: selfing Mimulus have larger & expanding ranges relative to outcrossers but not larger niche breadths #ibc2017
— Dr. Alex Sullivan (@lxsllvn) July 27, 2017
Dena Grossenbacher on why closely related Mimulus species have dramatically different range sizes. #ibc2017
— Dr. Alex Sullivan (@lxsllvn) July 27, 2017
Results from Daniel Park: niche breadths of selfing Mimulus are weakly decreasing with increasing clade age #ibc2017
— Dr. Alex Sullivan (@lxsllvn) July 27, 2017
Will def. be on the lookout for this one. Beautiful illustration of tradeoffs of selfing lifestyle. #ibc2017 https://t.co/3EsiVAoWl7
— Dr. Alex Sullivan (@lxsllvn) July 27, 2017
Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions
https://twitter.com/Oreotrephes/status/890462117287133184
The Juan fernandez Archipelago
Bernardello: Ca. no insects on JuanFernandezIslands. Multiple transitions to wind & hummingbird #pollination. & only 2 hbird spp! #IBC2017
— Chris Martine | Plants are Cool, Too! (@MartineBotany) July 27, 2017
Increasing the Sustainability of Agricultural Ecosystems
Pellicier J. #IBC2017. Genome size has been measured for ~11,400 species. Plant genome sizes varies 2400x. GS is related with adaptation.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Pellicier J. #IBC2017. #genome_sizes variation is different across lineages. Only 10% of the families are unexplored.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Parisod C. #IBC2017 about #TE. #LTR/Gypsy & #LTR/Copia are the most abundant in plants. Vast majority of LTR are truncated copies.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Parisod C. #IBC2017 genome skimming (1x) can infer LTR dynamics. In a WGD event, + diverge that are subgenomes, + activity of LTR is found.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Xin Chen: Growing carp in rice paddies reduces pesticide and fertilizer use. Carp eat insect pests, you can guess the rest #IBC2017
— Alex Taylor (@ATayters) July 27, 2017
Plant Organellar Genomics and Phylogenomics
Poczai: plastid genome of Tillandsia is not as small as you think! #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/zvW46AsMDp
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
Weiner: Increasing short-term yields and increasing sustainability (long-term yields) are different agendas – it gets political #IBC2017
— Alex Taylor (@ATayters) July 27, 2017
Dong: using chloroplast genomes to solve "fence-riding" taxa position in Saxifragales #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/GStFZwL3rb
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
Egan: genomic approach to learn more our lovely beans Phaeolus spp.#IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/Z8CuREysj6
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
Wei: the beginning of a beautiful chloroplast genome of lettuce species #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/mQCJ8EJhO7
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
Wicks: reduction of genomic size associated with parasitic reduction syndrome #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/7qfW8NN3og
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
Wicks: reduction of genomic size associated with parasitic reduction syndrome #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/7qfW8NN3og
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
Wicke: significantly different annotations by two people on the same dataset! #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/FMMiUJarBa
— Bier Kraichak (@bierbryo) July 27, 2017
The Evolution of Apomixis in Natural Plant Populations
Katja Reichel, Berlin, models allele freqs in clonal populations #IBC2017 accounting for selection & drift. Many wild spp are clone/sexual pic.twitter.com/9sEnkLiF5Q
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 27, 2017
Diego Hojsgaard looks at mutation accumulation in apomicts #IBC2017 Niche-wise, Diploids are specialists but 4x are generalists in Paspalum pic.twitter.com/cKnHXF6TxB
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 27, 2017
Plant Genome Size in Diversity and Evolution
Dodsworth S. #IBC2017 about #Nicotiana repeats. Recent #WGD has additive genome size from the parental, with older is more complicated.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Dodsworth S. #IBC2017. In the repandae section, TS & Tnt2 LTR/Gypsy are active repeats.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Seco S. #IBC2017 about Fritillaria (Liliaceae). It has the biggest plant genus genome size. Stomata size isn't correlated with genome size
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Seco S. #IBC2017. There is a significant negative correlation between #genome_size and photosynthetic activity in #Fritaria.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Husband B. #IBC2017. #WGD has phenotypic consequences. Phenotype for A.thaliana synthetic 4x for 45 ecotypes show some traits linked with 4X
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Husband B. #IBC2017. Links between #phenotype & #WGD are ecotype dependent (9/10 signif. traits). No variation in GS for 2X & 4X but endodup
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/aubombarely/status/890509659873869824
Guignard M. #IBC2017 competitor polypl. sps. with large GS make better for rich N+P soils. Rabbits like plants with low GS, molusc high GS.
— Aureliano Bombarely (@aubombarely) July 27, 2017
Bioinformatics resources for Comparative Functional and Phylogenetic Analysis
https://twitter.com/wile_phylote/status/890495681521213440
https://twitter.com/ry_folk/status/890495824349851648
https://twitter.com/wile_phylote/status/890503243196977157
https://twitter.com/ry_folk/status/890503608218906624
The Megadiverse Island of New Guinea
https://twitter.com/hsauquet_upsud/status/890501592134303744
The Brassicaceae Family
This is @JChrisPires tweeting @Hong_An_ talk from his twitter feed while is giving talk of @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab #IBC2017 #PopularDemand?
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
Now @Hong_An_ or HA on #Brassica #genome #domestication @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
HA on importance of #polyploidy in daily life – #food #fuel #beer ! @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
HA: #Plant #Domestication associated with #polyploid #genome but why? @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
HA: Brassica rapa has several morphotypes (root, leaf, oilseed) so #DogOfPlantWorld @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
HA: test hypothesis: duplicates from polyploidy more likely to get selected in #domestication @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
HA: Previous #Brassica rapa studies leave many questions, so used RNA-seq to get 31,662 SNPs @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
HA: From 126 accessions, found 5 groups: Euro turnip, rapini, sarson, Pak Choi, Chinese Cabbage @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
HA: Our study is first to use dadi (from human genetics) in plant domestication @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
HA: See Qi et al. @molecologist Mol Ecol paper for details for published part of this talk @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
HA: Now new work on testing if #polyploid gene duplicates had greater selection than expected @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
HA: Used four methods to test if #polyploid duplicates vs other genes are selected @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
HA: We found selected genes are enriched for #polyploid duplicates! First time this reported? @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
HA: Looking at candidate #domestication genes in #Brassica – some genes found before, many new! @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
HA: Summary of #brassica rapa morphotypes found, 2500-4000 year eastern movement, admixture @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
HA: Summary of #brassica rapa morphotypes found, 2500-4000 year eastern movement, admixture @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
HA: #Agriculture Implications: what see in #Brassica may be useful in other #polyploid crops @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
Shengyi Li asking @Hong_An_ about yellow sarson and self-incompatibility @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
Stephen @stepheniwright asks if separate synonymous and non for cool finding on retained genes @xinshuaiqi @BarkerLab @JChrisPires #IBC2017
— Hong An 安 宏 (@Hong_An_) July 27, 2017
Species Richness of the Pan-Tropical Genus Begonia and its Conservation
Big parks don't save little plants. For microendemics we need a network of Important Plant Areas. Ruth Kiew at #IBC2017 @IBC2017_XIX pic.twitter.com/NwpPzr9AH6
— Mark Hughes (@markhughesis) July 27, 2017
Ginkgo: An Evolutionary and Cultural Biography
God Save Sir Peter Crane#IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/xUVX6VvDxO
— Sergi Massó i Alemán (@sergimasso86) July 27, 2017
Sir Peter Crane gives public lecture on botany, history and ethnographic case for ginkgo #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/MRHGQ3dJg7
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 27, 2017
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