Tiny microbes are hiding big secrets. Scientists often use a collection or community of microbes to study molecular functions, but the more complex the community, the more difficult it is to tease out functions and interactions. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 8, 2015
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Biologists at Tufts University have succeeded in inducing one species of flatworm to grow heads and brains characteristic of another species of flatworm without altering genomic sequence. The work reveals physiological circuits ...
Biotechnology
Nov 24, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from several academic institutions in the U.S. has found that contrary to popular belief, conifers have experienced at least two complete genome duplication events over the course of their ...
It's a shocking discovery that may redefine how scientists interpret what it means to be an animal.
Biotechnology
Nov 16, 2015
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To fully understand a plant's nuclear genome, scientists must also study two other genomes found within plant cells—-in the "powerhouse" mitochondria and in the photosynthesizing chloroplast organelles. Researchers from ...
Biotechnology
Nov 11, 2015
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The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) announced today that it has started a new project to speed up gene discovery in bread wheat. It will provide plant breeders around the world with essential resources ...
Biotechnology
Nov 5, 2015
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700 million year-old DNA sequences from ancient animals have been unearthed by researchers at the Universities of Leicester and Warwick, shedding new light on our earliest animal ancestors and how they influenced modern species ...
Evolution
Oct 28, 2015
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Between any two people, there are likely to be at least 10 million differences in the genetic sequence that makes up their DNA.
Biotechnology
Oct 22, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from several institutions in the U.S. has created the most comprehensive family tree of birds to date. In their paper published in the journal Nature the team describes the genomic sequencing ...
Over the past half decade, ancient DNA research has revealed some surprising aspects to our evolutionary history during the past 50,000 years.
Archaeology
Oct 8, 2015
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