Excited to share our work on the first complete cp genome of Bergenia crassifolia 🌿🧬
🔬 156,378 bp | 128 genes | 84 PCGs
🌳 Sister to B. purpurascens & B. scopulosa
Valuable insights into Bergenia evolution
#ChloroplastGenome #Phylogenomics

Further reading: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Researcher receives funding from ARIA to unlock potential of plants Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Bogumil Karas awarded $1.5M to optimize plants by creating genomes from scratch

Imagine a world where #Crops can thrive regardless of climate or disease and provide all the nutrients our bodies need. Researchers at #Western are now part of an UK initiative funded by @aria-research.bsky.social. #ARIA #Innovation #Invention #SyntheticPlants #ChloroplastGenome. bit.ly/3HoTph5