Tag: Genetics

A recent study led by Texas Tech's Department of Biological Sciences and Natural Science Research Laboratory determined that certain genes ...

A study of mice in a semi-natural setting shows how the hormone oxytocin can amplify aggression as well as friendlinessCredit: ...

Insight could lead to bigger crops and better yieldsCredit: Carolyn Rasmussen/UCR When cells don't divide into proper copies of themselves, ...

This novel finding will enable experimental studies to determine whether and how these microbes play a role in triggering the ...

Credit: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis Plant experts at UC Davis have defined the genetic basis of sex determination in grapevines, one ...

Virus genome sequencing study and comment published in ScienceCredit: University of Sydney An international group of researchers has tackled the ...

Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Like a scene out of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," a virus infects a host ...

Researchers are studying the Neandertal DNA found in modern humans using stem cells and organoidsCredit: Petra Korlevi "Using iPSC lines ...

Grants will work to restore blue corals and predict coral stress levelsCredit: University of Guam Two University of Guam professors ...

Study offers new insights into the powerful anticoagulants contained in the saliva of leeches most often used in medical practice.Credit: ...

Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Like antibiotic-resistant bacteria, some herbicide-resistant weeds can't be killed by ...

Neandertals may have lived in very small groups, and genes expressed in the basal ganglia of their brains may have ...

Study reveals DNA secrets of 100 tomato typesCredit: Zachary Lippman When Pulitzer Prize and Grammy award winner Kendrick Lamar rapped ...

Credit: Pablo Castagnola/MDC Scientists generally understand how stem cells transform into a specialized heart, brain or muscle cell. But now ...

Credit: Adapted from ACS Sensors 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c00564 To defend the body, the immune system makes proteins known as antibodies ...

Why caffeine is not the sole contributor to bitternessCredit: ©Leibniz-LSB@TUM; Dr. Antonella Di Pizio Coffee is very popular around the ...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The epigenome is sometimes referred to as the "software" or "operating system" of the genome. ...

NIH effort expands data collection to shed light on pandemic's spread and impactCredit: National Institutes of Health The All of ...

Credit: UH Cancer Center A new study led by the University of Hawai?i Cancer Center looks into how and why ...

Credit: Hideo Matsumura, Gene Research Center, Shinshu University The bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) is a summer vegetable that graces the ...