An international team of scientists led by Dr Niranjan Nagarajan, from A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), has released an updated version of GraphMap, a software specifically designed to analyse data from nanopore ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 11, 2016
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"Loss is nothing else but change and change is nature's delight" says the quote by the philosopher and emperor Marcus Aurelius, which opens a scientific article that analyses the gene loss phenomenon and its impact on the ...
Biotechnology
Jun 17, 2016
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Fungi can sense environmental signals and react accordingly, changing their development, direction of growth, and metabolism. Sensory perception lies at the heart of adaptation to changing conditions, and helps fungi to improve ...
Biotechnology
May 26, 2016
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Researchers utilized draft genome sequences of 10 white rot and brown rot fungi representing early-diverging groups to help refine the timeline that dates the enzymatic origins of lignocellulose decomposition.
Biotechnology
May 4, 2016
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How species genetically adapt to their environment is a central question related to the evolution of biodiversity. In a new study scientists at Uppsala University and their colleagues report that whole genome sequencing of ...
Ecology
May 3, 2016
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University of Texas at Arlington biologists are studying a species of lizard found in parts of Texas and northeastern Mexico to find out why the reptile's numbers have been dwindling dramatically.
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2016
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NASA's Human Research Program is releasing the first half of a video series entitled Omics: Exploring Space Through You to highlight its Twins Study, in conjunction with its National DNA Day Reddit Ask Me Anything event at ...
Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2016
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The tree of life, which depicts how life has evolved and diversified on the planet, is getting a lot more complicated.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2016
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Striking evidence has emerged that an ancient virus previously known only from fossil evidence has persistently infected some humans at very low levels for hundreds of thousands or even millions of years. This ancient retrovirus ...
Biotechnology
Apr 4, 2016
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Technical advances in reading long DNA sequences have ramifications in understanding primate evolution and human disease.
Biotechnology
Mar 31, 2016
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