The error-free division of mouse oocytes—the precursors of eggs—needs kinetochores that are rich in a specific microtubule crosslinker, RIKEN researchers have discovered. This finding could explain why the division of ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 31, 2020
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A research team led by Raquel Oliveira (IGC) and Rui Gonçalo Martinho (CBMR/ UAlg), found that a mechanism of cell division control can be associated with an increase of errors in chromosome distribution. This process can ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 16, 2018
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DNA only persists through replication—naturally or synthetically. While humans need the genetic material to be reproduced in order to replace old or damaged cells, the ability to replicate DNA in a laboratory setting can ...
Biotechnology
Mar 16, 2020
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have developed software to shrink the error rate in next-generation sequencing data by as much as 100-fold, which would likely speed early detection of relapse and other ...
Biotechnology
Mar 14, 2019
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Scientists have found a new way of testing for the genes of particular kinds of fish quickly, cheaply and accurately.
Ecology
Apr 12, 2013
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Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Bristol (UK) have developed a model of how errors are corrected whilst proteins are being built.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 23, 2009
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