There are many ways to slice and dice genomic data to identify a species of bacteria, or at least find its close relatives. But fast techniques to sequence genomes have flooded the public databases and in a biased fashion, ...
Biotechnology
Oct 30, 2018
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The striped catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus makes its home in the legendary Mekong River, the longest river in Southeast Asia and largest inland fishery in the world. Vietnam stands as the leading producer of the species, ...
Biotechnology
Oct 25, 2018
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A Purdue University-affiliated startup is developing an intelligent software platform aimed at helping biologists to use microbes, the microscopic organisms that live in, on and around humans, plants, animals and more to ...
Biotechnology
Sep 10, 2018
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Despite the odds, new research has shown how a tiny fish managed to find its way across the arid Australian continent – more than once.
Ecology
Jun 14, 2018
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Genome-wide association studies, which look for links between particular genetic variants and incidence of disease, are the basis of much modern biomedical research.
Biotechnology
May 7, 2018
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If you eat fish in the U.S., chances are it once swam in another country. That's because the U.S. imports over 80 percent of its seafood, according to estimates by the United Nations. New genetic research could help make ...
Biotechnology
Apr 11, 2018
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John Sulston, a Nobel Prize-winning British scientist who helped decode the human genome, has died. He was 75.
Biotechnology
Mar 9, 2018
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New research by University of Alberta cellular biologists is putting into question existing theories about what's responsible for organizing a central part of our cells, known as the Golgi apparatus.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 8, 2018
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For over a century, speciation—where one species splits into two—has been a central focus of evolutionary research. But a new study almost 20 years in the making suggests "speciation reversal"—where two distinct lineages ...
Ecology
Mar 2, 2018
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A team of researchers led by scientists in Vienna, Dresden and Heidelberg has decoded the entire genetic information of the Mexican salamander axolotl. The axolotl genome, which is the largest genome ever to be sequenced, ...
Biotechnology
Jan 24, 2018
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