Over the years, the domestication of grasses like wheat, rice, barley, and sorghum for consumption has resulted in certain modifications to their morphology. One such modification is the partial or complete elimination of ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 14, 2022
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Many people may not realize that the humble sea urchin is a titan when it comes to the study of biology. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered that sea urchins could help biological studies go further than ever before.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2022
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Saffron, the world's most expensive spice, is extracted from the flowers of the saffron crocus, Crocus sativus. It has been grown for thousands of years in the Mediterranean region. But when and where was saffron first domesticated ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 8, 2022
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Researchers at the University of Helsinki have developed a new, faster and more reliable technique for reverting human cells to the stem cell state. Pluripotent stem cells are a key tool in biomedicine for modeling various ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 21, 2022
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Watson and Crick, Schrödinger and Einstein all made theoretical breakthroughs that have changed the world's understanding of science.
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 6, 2021
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When President Bill Clinton took to a White House lectern 20 years ago to announce that the human genome sequence had been completed, he hailed the breakthrough as "the most important, most wondrous map ever produced by ...
Biotechnology
Feb 22, 2021
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Scientists have unraveled the complete genome of the tomato russet mite, which is considered one of the smallest animals on our planet and known as a destructive agricultural pest. The genome is the smallest reported to date ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 17, 2020
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A genetic mutation might be the reason dogs with hypothyroidism are less likely to develop T-zone lymphoma (TZL). That's the finding from Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers at Colorado State University who tried ...
Veterinary medicine
Sep 15, 2020
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Seeing a mountain goat in the wild of southeast Alaska for the first time, with its stark white coat and graceful posture against a lush green mountain landscape, is an unforgettable experience.
Plants & Animals
Aug 3, 2020
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Growth and development of all organisms depends on coordinated regulation of gene expression in time and space, and this is largely controlled by non-coding sequences in the genome. A major challenge in genomics-enabled crop ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2020
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