News tagged with genetic program
Study provides insight into evolution of first flowers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Charles Darwin described the sudden origin of flowering plants about 130 million years ago as an abominable mystery, one that scientists have yet to solve.
May 18, 2009 |
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Marsupial embryo jumps ahead in development
(PhysOrg.com) -- Long a staple of nature documentaries, the somewhat bizarre development of a grub-like pink marsupial embryo outside the mother's womb is curious in another way.
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Researchers rapidly turn bacteria into biotech factories
High-throughput sequencing has turned biologists into voracious genome readers, enabling them to scan millions of DNA letters, or bases, per hour. When revising a genome, however, they struggle, suffering from serious writer's ...
Jul 26, 2009 |
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What 'pine' cones reveal about the evolution of flowers
(PhysOrg.com) -- From southern Africa's pineapple lily to Western Australia's swamp bottlebrush, flowering plants are everywhere. Also called angiosperms, they make up 90 percent of all land-based, plant ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Right/left handedness of snails changed in the lab
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like most animals, snails have either left- or right-handed asymmetry (chirality), both internally and externally, and the handedness is hereditary. A new study has for the first time found ...
Nov 30, 2009 |
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'Genetic programming': The mathematics of taste
The design of aromas — the flavors of packaged food and drink and the scents of cleaning products, toiletries and other household items — is a multibillion-dollar business. The big flavor companies ...
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Jan 24, 2012 |
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Biochemists identify new genetic code repair tool
Clemson University researchers recently reported finding a new class of DNA repair-makers.
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Cell death occurs in the same way in plants, animals and humans
Research has previously assumed that animals and plants developed different genetic programs for cell death. Now an international constellation of research teams, including one at the Swedish University of ...
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism
(AP) -- Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights ...
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Pores finding reveals targets for cancer and degenerative disease
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have identified a key step in the biological process of programmed cell death, also called apoptosis.
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Tiny RNA shown to cause multiple types of leukemia
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whitehead Institute researchers have shown in mouse models that overexpression of the microRNA 125b (miR-125b) can independently cause leukemia and accelerate the disease's progression. Their results are ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Study supports DNA repair-blocker research in cancer therapy
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have uncovered the mechanism behind a promising new approach to cancer treatment: damaging cancer cells' DNA with potent drugs while simultaneously preventing the cells from repairing ...
Aug 17, 2009 |
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