How hot spots of genetic variation evolved in human DNA
What makes one person different from one another, and how did these differences evolve?
Biotechnology
Mar 19, 2019
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Expansion of transposable elements offers clue to genetic paradox
Species often experience a genetic bottleneck that diminishes genetic variation after speciation or introduction into a new area. Though bottlenecks in population size always reduce fitness and evolutionary potential, introduced ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 19, 2019
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Biologists shed new light on the diversity of natural selection
For nearly 100 years, biologists have argued about how exactly natural selection can possibly work. If nature selects the individuals with the best genes, then why aren't all organisms the same? What maintains the genetic ...
Evolution
Dec 13, 2018
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Color vision variation in guppies influences female mate preference
A variety of animals have male-specific ornament traits and these ornaments are favored by female choice. Which male traits are preferred by females often varies among females. Genetic mechanisms that create and maintain ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 13, 2018
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Research identifies how snowshoe hares evolved to stay seasonally camouflaged
Many animals have evolved fur or feather colors to blend in with the environment and hide from predators. But how do animals stay camouflaged when their environment changes with each new season? Researchers at the University ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2018
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Why genes don't hold all the answers for biologists
It is still widely believed that the gene is the foundation of life – that its discovery has provided information about how all living beings are controlled by the genetic factors they inherit from their parents.
Biotechnology
Mar 28, 2018
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Seasonally adaptable species may face greatest risk from climate change
A species of butterfly that changes its appearance through the seasons lacks the genetic variation needed to quickly evolve a different response to more unpredictable environmental conditions, such as those expected under ...
Ecology
Mar 8, 2018
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Fearmongering is scary, not genetic technologies themselves
Australia's gene technology regulations have not been revised since 2001 - despite many game-changing advances in genetic technologies over the past 17 years.
Biotechnology
Feb 23, 2018
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Plant geneticists develop a new application of CRISPR to break yield barriers in crops
Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have harnessed the still untapped power of genome editing to improve agricultural crops. Using tomato as an example, they have mobilized CRISPR/Cas9 technology to rapidly ...
Biotechnology
Sep 14, 2017
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Insects resist genetic methods to control disease spread, study finds
Researchers are exploring the use of the revolutionary gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to fight human disease and agricultural blight. But a study from Indiana University has found several challenges to the method's use in ...
Biotechnology
May 19, 2017
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