Alex Bowles
@_AlexBowles
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Research Fellow at @OxfordBiology @QueensCollegeOx interested in the evolution of plants and algae
Joined December 2012
The hidden history behind every rose blooming this summer. For @ConversationUK . A story, millions of years in the making, unfolding beneath every petal š¹š
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RT @Jan_de_Vries: We are hiring the second cohort of EvoReSt PhD students. If you are interested in deep evolutionary questions, checkout:ā¦.
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RT @NHM_London: If youāve been to Hintze Hall before, you might have seen this striking and colourful seaweed display. This arrangement isnā¦.
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RT @plantgenomes: Our #Drosera (carnivorous #sundew) #genome work published on bioRxiv. All coauthors listed in biā¦.
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RT @UniofOxford: 'As roses fill gardens and hedgerows this season, there is a story, millions of years in the making, unfolding beneath theā¦.
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RT @drmgoeswild: Interested in video games? Interested in plants? Follow the QR or the link to my BSc students project survey "Evaluatingā¦.
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RT @fmartin1954: Cross-kingdom comparative genomics reveal the metabolic potential of fungi for lignin turnover in deadwood | Nature Ecologā¦.
nature.com
Nature Ecology & Evolution - This study uses comparative genomics and phylogenetics to analyse the distribution and evolution of key enzymes involved in the catabolism of lignin-related...
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Floating on the breeze, summer borders come alive with the delicate charms of scabious. @theroyalparks . #Scabious #InBloom #Flora
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RT @NaturePlants: Resurrection plants: The drought-resistant 'zombie plants' that come back from the dead (@BBC). hā¦.
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RT @fossilplants: Yes folks it's a #Moss. It's Dawsonia superba the world's largest self supporting moss. This thing grows over 20inches taā¦.
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RT @marques_et_al: I am super happy to see our dog rose's paper featuring the cover of the July 3rd issue of @Nature . read more here: httpā¦.
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RT @usadellab: We have been tracking sequenced plant genomes for many years now not least for our @denbi.bsky.social activities at https://ā¦.
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Advances in next-generation sequencing technologies over the last decade have substantially reduced the cost and effort required to sequence plant genomes. W...
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RT @NaturePlants: New Editorial: "Naming is caring" We can now carry in our pockets applications that accurately iā¦.
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RT @ryankatzrosene: Woah! Such an important study published in Nature today! Quick thread with some of their key figures! .š§µ .
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RT @CellPressNews: The genome of giant waterlily provides insights into the origin of angiosperms, leaf gigantism, and stamen function innoā¦.
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RT @talbotlabTSL: Check out this amazing special issue of @CurrentBiology . The editorial from Joe Heitman nicely sets the scene and therā¦.
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Long-time Current Biology advisory board member, Joseph Heitman, introduces this special issue on āThe Fungiā.
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RT @PNASNews: Diatoms are tiny but ecologically important eukaryotes. After over a million years of relative stasis, the lineage of diatomsā¦.
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RT @NaturePlants: New Article: "Leaf venation network evolution across clades and scales" Evolution of leaf venatiā¦.
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