News tagged with chromosomal rearrangements

Chromosome number changes in yeast

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have uncovered the evolutionary mechanisms that have caused increases or decreases in the numbers of chromosomes in a group of yeast species during the last 100-150 million years. The ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

DNA fingerprinting pioneer discovers role of key genetic catalyst for human diversity

One of the key drivers of human evolution and diversity, accounting for changes that occur between different generations of people, is explained by new research published today by world-renowned scientist ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 05, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genomes of biofuel yeasts reveal clues that could boost fuel ethanol production

As global temperatures and energy costs continue to soar, renewable sources of energy will be key to a sustainable future. An attractive replacement for gasoline is biofuel, and in two studies published online in Genome Re ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Researchers uncover potential mechanisms to protect against genetic alterations, diseases

Peering into the DNA of tiny yeast, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego and the San Diego Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have pinpointed a large number of ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0