Active genes do not form clusters and share resources during early development in the fruit fly, according to a new study by New York University and Princeton researchers published in the journal Current Biology.
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 5, 2021
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Scientists—and gardeners—have long known that plants grow taller and flower sooner when they are shaded by close-growing neighbors. Now, for the first time, researchers at the Salk Institute have shown the detailed inner ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 30, 2021
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In a study in Nature Plants, Yiping Qi, associate professor of Plant Science at the University of Maryland (UMD), introduces a new and improved CRISPR 3.0 system in plants, focusing on gene activation instead of traditional ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 24, 2021
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To describe something as slow and boring we say it's "like watching grass grow", but scientists studying the early morning activity of plants have found they make a rapid start to their day—within minutes of dawn.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 7, 2021
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Some water strider males (Microvelia longipes) have enormous back legs relative to the rest of their body, which they use to guard egg-laying sites and to fight off rival males. William Toubiana, Abderrahman Khila and colleagues ...
Evolution
May 12, 2021
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A doctoral student has identified a long-overlooked pattern in how plants evolved their equivalent of lungs—tiny pores on the surfaces of leaves called stomata. Using specialized imaging techniques and a plant species not ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2021
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An international team of scientists from the University of Turku, Finland and PennState University, U.S. have solved a long-standing mystery of how living organisms distinguish RNA and DNA building blocks during gene expression ...
Biotechnology
Mar 17, 2021
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In a joint collaboration, Danish and German researchers have characterized a cellular activity that protects our cells from potentially toxic by-products of gene expression. This activity is central for the ability of multicellular ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 5, 2021
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Transforming a fertilized egg into a fully functional adult is a complicated task. Cells must divide, move, and mature at specific times. Developmental genes control that process, turning on and off in a choreographed way. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 22, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Tokyo have identified how the architecture of the cell nucleus can change gene activity in plants. This discovery reveals fundamental knowledge about genome regulation and points toward future ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 20, 2020
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