Once thought to be asexual, single-celled parasites caught in the act
Even single-celled organisms desire partners every now and then.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 13, 2019
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PLoS Genetics
Nuclear pore complex outer rings: No longer 'one size fits all'
In eukaryotic cells, the nucleus is walled off from the rest of the cell by the nuclear envelope. All transport into and out of the nucleus occurs via cylindrical channels called nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) that penetrate ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 12, 2019
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Dog DNA find could aid quest to help breeds breathe more easily
Scientists have discovered a DNA mutation linked to breathing problems in popular dog breeds.
Plants & Animals
May 16, 2019
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The emergence of male and female traits in the development of beetle horns
The male Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus, which lives on Japan's main island, has big horns that are used as weapons to fight other males for females. Scientists have sought the developmental mechanism that ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2019
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Researchers witness the emergence of a new gene in the lab
How do new genes appear? For more than a century, researchers have thought that, from time to time, new gene functions evolved after cells accidentally made a copy of one of their existing genes. According to this theory, ...
Biotechnology
Apr 9, 2019
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Living together: How legume roots accommodate two distinct microbial partners
Legumes such as peas and beans form intimate and mutually beneficial partnerships (symbioses) with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, rhizobia. The plant benefits from an enhanced supply of nitrogen, 'fixed' from the air by the rhizobia, ...
Ecology
Mar 1, 2019
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Turning them on, turning them off—how to control stem cells
Scientists at the University of Bath have identified how a mutant gene in fish is involved in controlling stem cells.
Biotechnology
Feb 28, 2019
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5
Longest-ever eDNA study offers important insights into ocean health
Tiny genetic 'breadcrumbs' left behind by marine organisms offer unprecedented insights into ocean biodiversity and how it changes over time and in response to our changing climate, new research at Curtin University, in collaboration ...
Biotechnology
Feb 12, 2019
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New technologies enable better-than-ever details on genetically modified plants
Salk researchers have mapped the genomes and epigenomes of genetically modified plant lines with the highest resolution ever to reveal exactly what happens at a molecular level when a piece of foreign DNA is inserted. Their ...
Biotechnology
Jan 19, 2019
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Study suggests that 'actin' is critical in genome regulation during nerve cell formation
A new NYU Abu Dhabi study suggests for the first time that actin, which is a cytoskeleton protein found in the cell, is critical to regulating the genome—the genetic material of an organism—during the formation of "neurons" ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 1, 2019
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