Reposted by @lara-pereira.bsky.socialLuke Dunning @luketdunning.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Really excited to be awarded one of the new ARIA grants focusing on accelerating marram grass adaptation for climate resilient dunes! 1102
lara-pereira.bsky.social @lara-pereira.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Great talk from @luketdunning.bsky.social explaining why horizontal gene transfer in plants is not only fascinating but can also help with agricultural challenges! Plus, he made the whole room laugh 😂 At the School of Biosciences Research Symposium @sheffielduni.bsky.social 051
Reposted by @lara-pereira.bsky.socialLuke Dunning @luketdunning.bsky.social · 25/04/2025New preprint using Aristidoideae genomes to identify genetic precursors to C4 photosynthesis at the base of the PACMAD clade - where all the C4 fun happens in grasses 🌾 Led by @lara-pereira.bsky.social & Ahmed @colinplants.bsky.social @biggenomes.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...biorxiv.orgGene turnover and contingency facilitated the repeated evolution of C4 photosynthesis in grassesIn grasses, almost all species belong to two evenly sized clades (BOP and PACMAD), yet the >20 independent origins of C4 photosynthesis in this family only occur in the PACMAD lineage. Here, we identi... 095
