There's no "silver bullet" gene or gene region that controls so-called complex traits in maize, commonly known as corn.
Biotechnology
Aug 6, 2009
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Tricking honey bees into thinking they have traveled long distance to find food alters gene expression in their brains, researchers report this month. Their study, in the journal Genes, Brain and Behavior, is the first to ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 18, 2010
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What genes are responsible for the development of breast cancer? What are the brain cell mutations that lead to the onset of Alzheimer's? To find new therapies, scientists have to understand how diseases are triggered at ...
Biotechnology
Apr 2, 2013
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An international research team coordinated by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH) and the Eurasia Department of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Berlin is the first to carry out ...
Archaeology
Feb 4, 2019
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A new UC San Francisco study highlights the potential importance of the vast majority of human DNA that lies outside of genes within the cell.
Biotechnology
Jun 26, 2013
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Researchers report December 5 in the journal Neuron that mice display behavior that resembles self-recognition when they see themselves in the mirror. When the researchers marked the foreheads of black-furred mice with a ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 5, 2023
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In nearly every organism's genome, scattered between genes that encode proteins, long regulatory regions stretch across expanses of DNA. Understanding what role these so-called enhancer regions play in controlling the activation ...
Biotechnology
Jul 1, 2013
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Amid the incredible diversity of living things on our planet, there is a common theme. Organisms need to acquire new genes, or change the functions of existing genes, in order to adapt and survive.
Biotechnology
Jun 22, 2017
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Why are certain chromosome regions prone to breakages? The answer is crucial, as this fragility is involved in the development of tumors. A team from the Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 26, 2011
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What allows certain plants to survive freezing and thrive in the Canadian climate, while others are sensitive to the slightest drop in temperature? Those that flourish activate specific genes at just the right time—but ...
Biotechnology
Jun 30, 2013
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