UC Riverside geneticists to study how plants adapt to a changing environment
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 16:30
in Biology & Nature
Transposable elements (TEs) DNA sequences that move from one location in the genome to another are abundant in plants and animals, evolve rapidly and promote the evolution of the genome. What role they play in how plants generate the diversity needed to adapt to a changing climate is the focus of a study at the University of California, Riverside being funded by a nearly $4.8 million five-year National Science Foundation grant.