First experimental genetic evidence of the human self-domestication hypothesis
Credit: Thomas Ôrourke/UB The study, published in Science Advances, results from the collaboration between a UB team led by Cedric ...
Tag: Genes
Diabetes drug has unexpected, broad implications for healthy aging
Scientists discover multiple mechanisms at work in widely-used diabetes drug metforminCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(December 3, 2019) Metformin is the ...
A window into evolution
Modelling the development of C4 photosynthesisCredit: Blätke / IPK Leibniz Institute Laboratory research is the possibly best-known driving force for ...
Oat pathogen defence discovery marks an important milestone
Credit: Andrew Davis Researchers have identified the critical last pieces of a genetic defence system that gives oats resistance to ...
Researchers at IRB Barcelona study how altered protein degradation contributes to the development of tumors
Credit: Francisco Martínez, IRB Barcelona. To understand the molecular bases of cancer, it is imperative to determine the genetic alterations ...
1940s blood samples reveal historical spread of malaria
Credit: Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) DNA from 75-year old eradicated European malaria parasites uncovers the historical spread of one ...
Facial deformity in royal dynasty was linked to inbreeding, scientists confirm
First study to indicate a direct relationship between inbreeding and facial morphologyCredit: Don Juan Carreño de Miranda The "Habsburg jaw", ...
Laboratory-evolved bacteria switch to consuming CO2 for growth
Credit: Gleizer et al. Over the course of several months, researchers in Israel created Escherichia coli strains that consume CO2 ...
Swiss army knife for genome research
Multifunctional tool CRUP makes enhancer prediction quick and easyCredit: C-BY 4.0, Ramisch A et al. (2019), doi: 10.1186/s13059-019-1860-7 It is ...
Under the lens: Link between macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa
University of Houston research team examines eye disease with $2.5 million awardCredit: University of Houston Four words you never want ...
Scientists develop electrochemical platform for cell-free synthetic biology
The direct gene circuit to electrode interface unites biology's ability to sense with the memory and decision-making capabilities of electronic ...
Intestinal stem cell genes may link dietary fat and colon cancer
Rutgers study suggests tie between stem cell behavior and a high fat dietCredit: Lei Chen Two genes that appear to ...
Interaction with fungus containing N2-fixing endobacteria improves rice nitrogen nutrition
Nitrogen nutrition improved in rice by interaction with rhodotorula mucilaginosa and its N2-fixing endobacteriaCredit: Karnelia Paul, Mayurakshi Nag, and Anindita ...
DNA repeats — the genome’s dark matter
First direct analysis of pathogenic sequence repeats in the human genomeCredit: MPI f. Molecular Genetics/ Pay Gießelmann Expansions of DNA ...
American University researchers sequence genome of the ‘devil worm’
Credit: Prof. John Bracht, American University When scientists discovered a worm deep in an aquifer nearly one mile underground, they ...
Melanin-producing Streptomyces are more likely to colonize plants
Credit: Phytobiomes Journal Plant growth-promoting Streptomyces assemble into the internal, root endophytic compartments of a wide variety of plants around ...
New fossils shed light on how snakes got their bite and lost their legs
New fossils of an ancient legged snake, called Najash, shed light on the origin of the slithering reptiles.Credit: Render of ...
Scientists find promising drug combination against lethal childhood brain cancers
Studies in cell and animal models reveal insights into cancer cells' vulnerability that could lead to new strategies against brain ...
Researchers find striking variation in mechanisms that drive sex selection in frogs
Credit: Adam Bewick Researchers from McMaster University have discovered striking variation in the underlying genetic machinery that orchestrates sexual differentiation ...
New method described for quantifying antisense oligonucleotides in nuclei
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 14, 2019--A novel method uses subcellular fractionation to quantify label-free ...
