What’s hot in science? Research news for the day of May 10, 2021

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Mon, 10 May 2021
Host, management, or microbial traits: Which is dominant in plant microbiome assemblages?

Shifts in plant microbiomes impact plant health

We’ve all seen news stories covering what you eat and how it can affect your microbiome. Changing your diet can shift your unique microbial fingerprint. That shift can cause a dramatic effect on your health. But what about the microbiomes of the plants you

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QR codes

Mon, 10 May 2021
Unlocking herbaria biodiversity using a QR code

Next-generation sequencing technologies have revolutionized genetic data

In the past decade, next-generation sequencing technologies have revolutionized the way in which genetic data are generated and analyzed. In the field of phylogenetics, this has meant that researchers are rapidly reconstructing the genealogical tree of life, a goal biologists

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