Dogs (not) gone wild: DNA tests show most ‘wild dogs’ in Australia are pure dingoes
It's time to take dingoes out of the doghouseCredit: Chontelle Burns / Nouveau Rise Photography. Almost all wild canines in ...
Tag: Genes
Researchers improve plant prime editing efficiency with optimized pegRNA designs
Credit: IGDB Precision genome editing enables the precise modification of DNA in living cells, thus enabling a breadth of opportunities ...
Plant gene found in insect, shields it from leaf toxins
Credit: Jixing Xia and Zhaojiang Guo Millions of years ago, aphid-like insects called whiteflies incorporated a portion of DNA from ...
Genome sequenced for pesky pumpkin pathogen
Credit: Montgomery Flack URBANA, Ill. - Pumpkin growers dread the tiny tan scabs that form on their fruit, each lesion ...
NIH grant focuses on eye disorders
$1.6M to UD lab will build on breakthrough discovery of gene linked to eye disordersCredit: Photo by Evan Krape When ...
How human cells coordinate the start of DNA replication
Credit: Manzar Hossain/Stillman lab/CSHL, 2021 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) President and CEO Bruce Stillman has been dissecting DNA replication, ...
What early-budding trees tell us about genetics, climate change
Credit: Sarah Atkinson/Michigan Tech One of the surest signs of spring is the vibrantly lime-green tinge trees develop as their ...
Deluge of DNA changes drives progression of fatal melanomas
Credit: WEHI, Australia Melbourne researchers have revealed how melanoma cells are flooded with DNA changes as this skin cancer progresses ...
Direct reprogramming of oral epithelial cells into mesenchymal-like cells
Credit: ©?Scientific Reports Point Epithelial cell rests of Malassez derived from the periodontal ligament were transformed into progenitor stem-like cells ...
Upgrade for CRISPR/Cas: Researchers knock out multiple genes in plants at once
Credit: Jessica Lee Erickson Using an improved version of the gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas9, researchers knocked out up to twelve ...
Vape aerosol and gene expression in human lung tissue compared to cigarette sm
Scientific Digital Communications Editor Arran Frood details the latest research findings at Imperial Brands.Credit: Imperial Brands March 19, 2021, Bristol, ...
CU cancer researcher wins two awards to study drug-resistant cancer cells
University of Colorado Boulder researcher Sabrina L. Spencer, PhD., recently won the Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award (from the Damon Runyon ...
Scientists study co-evolutionary relationship between rust fungi and wheat and barberry
Credit: Jing Zhao Wheat stripe rust is one of the most important wheat diseases and is caused by the plant-pathogenic ...
University of Maryland co-publishes the first full reference genome for rye
Reference genome provides an invaluable resource for crop improvement across wheat, barley, triticale, and ryeCredit: Markus Spiske, public domain As ...
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