Analyses of two bacterial strains in the Red Sea show they are enriched with gene clusters with potential to activate the synthesis of a wide range of industrially useful compounds, from novel antibiotics, anticancer agents ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 5, 2018
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Genetic differences between two very similar fungi, one that led to Quorn, the proprietary meat substitute, and another that ranks among the world's most damaging crop pathogens, have exposed the significant features that ...
Biotechnology
Apr 20, 2018
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If you eat fish in the U.S., chances are it once swam in another country. That's because the U.S. imports over 80 percent of its seafood, according to estimates by the United Nations. New genetic research could help make ...
Biotechnology
Apr 11, 2018
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Brazil has the world's largest commercial beef herd, numbering over 225 million, yet only 20 percent of Brazil's production is intended for export. Because of this, beef ranks 10th on the list of products exported by Brazil, ...
Other
Oct 3, 2017
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Evolution takes eons, but it leaves marks on the genomes of organisms that can be detected with DNA sequencing and analysis.
Biotechnology
Jun 22, 2017
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A core set of genes involved in the responses of honey bees to multiple diseases caused by viruses and parasites has been identified by an international team of researchers. The findings provide a better-defined starting ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2017
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A new genomics study of shark DNA, including from great white and great hammerhead sharks, reveals unique modifications in their immunity genes that may underlie the rapid wound healing and possibly higher resistance to cancers ...
Ecology
Jan 30, 2017
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417
A team of Michigan State University scientists has genetically sequenced two species of poisonous mushrooms, discovering that they can theoretically produce billions of compounds through one molecular assembly line. This ...
Biotechnology
Jan 24, 2017
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A sister species of the Varroa destructor mite is developing the ability to parasitize European honeybees, threatening pollinators already hard pressed by pesticides, nutritional deficiencies and disease, a Purdue University ...
Ecology
Nov 17, 2016
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Researchers at the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis have sequenced the genome of the black blow fly, an insect commonly found throughout the United States, southern Canada and parts of ...
Biotechnology
Nov 10, 2016
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