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Revolutionary Study Reveals 2.3M Plant Gene Conservations

3/14/2026

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Researchers identified over 2.3 million conserved non-coding sequences (CNSs) across 314 plant genomes dating back more than 400 million years.
This finding challenges the view that plant regulatory elements are not conserved.
The study, published in Science, used a new tool called Conservatory developed by an international team.
It provides three CNS evolution principles and a regulatory-conservation atlas to aid crop scientists.

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Story summary

Researchers identified over 2.3 million conserved non-coding sequences (CNSs) across 314 plant genomes dating back more than 400 million years.
This finding challenges the view that plant regulatory elements are not conserved.
The study, published in Science, used a new tool called Conservatory developed by an international team.
It provides three CNS evolution principles and a regulatory-conservation atlas to aid crop scientists.