The event that killed off the dinosaurs had a huge impact on the Vitaceae family, the plant family that includes the wine grape.
Tag - positive selection
Renata Cantoro
Holokinetic chromosomes beat selfish centromeres
In eukaryotic lineages with monocentric chromosomes, centromeres and centromeric histone H3 (CENH3) undergo a recurrent evolutionary conflict, whereby selfish centromeres subvert female meiosis, and CENH3 evolves...
botanyone
Molecular evolution of TPC1 in the karst-adapted genus Primulina
Limestone karsts across southern China to south-eastern Asia support high levels of species diversity and endemism. Tao et al. studied the molecular evolution of the Ca2+-permeable channel TPC1 in the genus Primulina, a...
Is the earliest wine getting earlier and earlier?
There’s been a rash of stories about how new grape varieties will be needed to fight disease if wineries are to keep flowing. As far as I can tell, because I haven’t seen anyone link to the paper, it’s...
Alun Salt
