The genetics of life and death in an evolutionary arms-race
Scientists at The University of Manchester have found evidence of the genetic basis of the evolutionary arms-race between parasitoids and their aphid hosts.
Plants & Animals
Apr 9, 2013
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News tagged with genetic basis
How the same plant species can program itself to flower at different times in different climates
Researchers led by Professor Caroline Dean have uncovered the genetic basis for variations in the vernalization response shown by plants growing in very different climates, linking epigenetic mechanisms with evolutionary ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2021
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Worms as a model for personalized medicine
Tailoring a person's diet or medicine based on their genomes has been a goal of the medical community for decades, but the strategy has not been widely successful because people metabolize chemicals differently. A drug may ...
Biochemistry
Jul 20, 2022
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Local adaptation may buffer some birds against climate change
North American song sparrows may be more resilient to climate change thanks to a remarkable adaptation: a stunning range of body sizes found throughout the bird's westernmost range.
Evolution
Nov 7, 2023
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Team achieves first precision gene editing in miscanthus
For the first time, researchers have successfully demonstrated precision gene editing in miscanthus, a promising perennial crop for sustainable bioenergy production.
Biotechnology
Jan 20, 2023
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Researchers reveal impact of brassinosteroid and sugar signal on wheat grain size regulation
Grain size plays a central role in determining wheat yield, and precise regulation of grain development has emerged as a key strategy for increasing yields in several staple crops such as rice and maize. However, the genetic ...
Biotechnology
Mar 29, 2024
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Genome of the world's largest bony fish may explain fast growth rate and large size
The genome of the ocean sunfish (Mola mola), the world's largest bony fish, has been sequenced for the first time by researchers from China National Genebank at BGI-Shenzhen and A*STAR, Singapore. The researchers, who include ...
Biotechnology
Sep 8, 2016
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UF researcher: Certain consumer preferences may be inborn
Genes that might lead to the purchase of designer jeans? Or DNA that helps to create chocoholics? People’s consumer preferences are often influenced by their genetic inheritance, according to a study by a University ...
Social Sciences
Nov 17, 2010
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Aphid salivary protein found to promote virus infection in plants
The risk for pandemic diseases caused by arboviruses is rising as the dispersal rate of their arthropod vectors increases. During probing and feeding of arthropod vectors, vector-borne viruses are delivered into vertebrate/plant ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 3, 2023
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How molecules get to the right place at the right time
Active transport processes in cells ensure that proteins with specialized local functions reach their intracellular destinations. Impaired transport causes cellular dysfunction or even cell death. Scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 20, 2011
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