A new study into the research of the renowned Lamarckian experimentalist Paul Kammerer may help to end the controversy which has engulfed his research for almost a century. The study, published in The Journal of Experimental ...
Evolution
Sep 3, 2009
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A Purdue University study pinpointed an epigenetic mechanism that is a key factor in how genes are switched on and off.
Biotechnology
Oct 13, 2016
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A genome study has proven that all specimen of Marmorkrebs, or marbled crayfish, originate from a single female. About 30 years ago, the original clone evolved in an aquarium. Ever since, the female animals have been able ...
Ecology
Feb 5, 2018
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There are about 75 different types of cells in the human brain. What makes them all different? Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a new set of computational tools to help answer this question. Although ...
Biotechnology
Jul 1, 2020
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Salk scientists have identified a unique molecular signature in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), "reprogrammed" cells that show great promise in regenerative medicine thanks to their ability to generate a range of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 19, 2012
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Researchers have developed a technique that allows them to look simultaneously at a spatial level and at a genome-wide level at epigenetic mechanisms underlying tissue development, a breakthrough with multiple scientific ...
Biotechnology
Feb 11, 2022
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A mechanism behind how plants can develop long-term immunity to stress has been discovered by scientists at the University of Sheffield.
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2023
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Scientists have discovered the first molecular evidence that corals and anemones can optimize their gene expression when exposed to environmental stress, enabling them to acclimatize to extreme conditions such as those experienced ...
Environment
Aug 15, 2018
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Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association in Berlin have revealed how cells accelerate changes to their identity, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 27, 2023
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Scientists have long known that control mechanisms known collectively as "epigenetics" play a critical role in human development, but they did not know precisely how alterations in this extra layer of biochemical instructions ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 9, 2013
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