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Gene borrowing process could help boost crop productivity

© Shutterstock / Diyana Dimitrova Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A process of gene borrowing could help boost crop productivity and make crops more resistant to climate change, claim scientists. Research, led by the University of Sheffield, has shown grasses can incorporate DNA from other species into their genomes through a process known as lateral gene transfer. Scientists say this process, which essentially allows grasses to borrow genes from their neighbours, gives some grasses an evolutionary advantage allowing them to grow bigger, taller and stronger.

Luke dunningShutterstock diyana dimitrovaUniversity of sheffield department animalPlant sciencesUniversity of sheffieldலூக் டந்நிஂக்பல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் ஷெஃபீல்ட் துறை விலங்குஆலை அறிவியல்பல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் ஷெஃபீல்ட்

Crop gene research opens new avenue to aid food security

Crop gene research opens new avenue to aid food security
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Samuel hibdigeTim scrivenerLuke dunningDepartment of animalPlant sciencesUniversity of sheffieldலூக் டந்நிஂக்துறை ஆஃப் விலங்குஆலை அறிவியல்பல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் ஷெஃபீல்ட்

Naturally GM: Crops steal genes from other species to accelerate evolution

E-Mail Grass crops are able to bend the rules of evolution by borrowing genes from their neighbours, giving them a competitive advantage, a new study has revealed. Research, led by the University of Sheffield, is the first to show that grasses can incorporate DNA from other species into their genomes through a process known as lateral gene transfer. The stolen genetic secrets give them an evolutionary advantage by allowing them to grow faster, bigger or stronger and adapt to new environments quicker. These findings could inform future work to create crops that are more resistant to the effects of climate change and help to tackle food security problems.

United kingdomSamuel hibdigeLuke dunningEmma griffithsRoyal societyNatural environment research councilDepartment of animalPlant sciencesUniversity of sheffieldEuropean research councilRussell groupPhd researcherSunday timesNot for profit organisationsWork forStudent satisfaction

Natural GM: how plants and animals steal genes from other species to accelerate evolution

Little did biologist Gregor Mendel know that his experiments with sweet peas in a monastery garden in Brno, Czech Republic, would lay the foundations for our understanding of modern genetics and inheritance. His work in the 19th century helped scientists to establish that parents pass their genetic information onto their offspring, and in turn, they pass it on to theirs. Indeed, this premise forms the basis of much of our understanding of evolution. But we now know that this process is not sacrosanct and some of our most widely grown crops may be fiddling the system by supplementing their genetic information with stolen genetic secrets. Our new study, published in New Phytologist, shows that this does in fact happen in grasses.

Czech republicSri lankaLuke dunningGregor mendelNew phytologistGenetic modificationசெக் குடியரசுஸ்ரீ லங்காலூக் டந்நிஂக்கிரெகோர் மெண்டல்

Crops steal genes from other species to accelerate evolution – study

Crops steal genes from other species to accelerate evolution – study
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Samuel hibdigeLuke dunningUniversity of sheffieldலூக் டந்நிஂக்பல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் ஷெஃபீல்ட்