Gene tree reconciliation is a specific approach within phylogenetic analysis that aims to align gene trees (which depict the evolutionary history of genes) with species trees (which depict the ...

Genetic studies have made it clear that eukaryotic horizontal gene transfer can and does happen ... Now, Rokas says, he thinks that DNA is not only moving around the tree of life, but it’s moving a ...

A team of scientists have identified a gene in poplar trees that enhances photosynthesis and can boost tree height. The study, "An orphan gene BOOSTER enhances photosynthetic efficiency and plant ...

2006). In order to enhance blight-tolerance in the American chestnut tree, we are studying several gene products, regulatory regions of genes to control expression (promoters), and the possibility of ...