Fields of breeders’ dreams: A team effort toward targeted crop improvements
Community effort yields reference switchgrass genome, environmental adaptations dataCredit: David Lowry Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop ...
Tag: Genetics
First ever ‘pioneer’ factor found in plants enables cells to change their fate
To start the process of unpacking tightly bundled genetic material, plants depend on the LEAFY pioneer protein, according to work ...
Global analysis suggests COVID-19 is seasonal
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - With cities around the globe locking down yet again amid ...
A new study reveals an “Achilles heel” of cancer cells
Researchers from Tel Aviv University shed light on 140-year-old mystery:Credit: Tel Aviv University What makes cancer cells different from ordinary ...
Key switchgrass genes identified, which could mean better biofuels ahead
Credit: Jason Bonnette, The University of Texas at Austin Biologists believe they are one step closer to a long-held goal ...
RENACER, a national hospital network to boost research into brain metastases, is launched
Credit: CNIO Last January 25th, the bylaws of the National Brain Metastasis Network (or RENACER, its acronym in Spanish) were ...
Healthy lifespan analysis using nematodes
New technology enables the search for genes and substances that could extend healthy lifespansCredit: Associate Professor Tsuyoshi Shuto A research ...
Ancient proteins help track early milk drinking in Africa
New research shows milk consumption in eastern Africa began before the evolution of lactase persistenceCredit: A. Janzen Tracking milk drinking ...
Genome-editing tool TALEN outperforms CRISPR-Cas9 in tightly packed DNA
Credit: Composite photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers used single-molecule imaging to compare the genome-editing tools CRISPR-Cas9 ...
Partners in crime: genetic collaborator may influence severity of the rare disease, NGLY1
Credit: Photo credit: Charlie Ehlert/University of Utah Health In 2012, four-year-old Bertrand Might became the first-ever patient diagnosed with a ...
Genetically-modified mosquitoes key to stopping Zika virus spread
Credit: MU College of Veterinary Medicine COLUMBIA, Mo. - In 2016, the World Health Organization called the Zika virus epidemic ...
Building a corn cob–cell by cell, gene by gene
Credit: Xiaosa Xu/Jackson lab, CSHL, 2020 Corn hasn't always been the sweet, juicy delight that we know today. And, without ...
A research team from Denmark discovers new control mechanism in the innate immune system
Credit: Rasmus Kjeldsen Jensen, Aarhus University Although the protein ITIH4 is found in large amounts in the blood, its function ...
Regulating the ribosomal RNA production line
Cryo-electron microscopy study allows researchers to visualize structural changes in an E. coli enzyme synthesizing ribosomal RNA that shift it ...
University of Cincinnati student uses zebrafish to study spinal deformities
Research findings in 'Nature' show certain gene pairs protect against disease developmentCredit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati Popular in aquariums all ...
Meta-Apo supports cheaper, quicker microbiome functional assessment
Credit: JING Gongchao A new algorithm may reduce the need for expensive, time-consuming whole-genome sequencing computations to understand how a ...
Microbiome Search Engine 2 helps researchers explore microbiome space
Credit: JING Gongchao Metagenomics - the study of genetic material from an environmental sample - is growing as species evolve ...
Mitochondrial mutation increases the risk of diabetes in Japanese men
Results likely apply to all East Asian carriers, but exercise may eliminate greater likelihood of getting the disease, say USC ...
New, simplified genetic test effectively screens for hereditary cancers
A single test can identify the multitude of known sources of genetic variation underlying mismatch repair deficiency syndrome in inherited ...
CNIO participates in a study that defines the most important genes that increase breast cancer risk
The most ambitious international research ever conducted on the inheritance of breast cancer, based on the analysis of 113,000 samplesCredit: ...
