In the world of biomolecules, none is more iconic, nor more versatile, than DNA. Nature uses the famous double helix to store the blueprints of all living forms, drawing on a four-letter alphabet of nucleotides.
Bio & Medicine
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Many crustaceans, including lobster, crabs, and barnacles, have a cape-like shell protruding from the head that can serve various roles, such as a little cave for storing eggs, or a protective shield to keep gills moist.
Plants & Animals
Aug 1, 2022
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Unisexual reproduction lacks meiotic recombination, resulting in the accumulation of deleterious mutations and hindering the creation of genetic diversity. Thus, unisexual taxa are commonly considered an evolutionary dead ...
Evolution
Jul 11, 2022
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Synaptonemal complex (SC) assembly between paired homologous chromosomes plays a vital role in ensuring correct homologous recombination during meiosis. However, the mechanisms underlying the genetic regulation of SC assembly ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 10, 2021
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In a study published in Nucleic Acids Research, the team of cancer researcher Francis Rodier, an Université de Montréal professor, shows for the first time that cellular senescence, which occurs when aging cells stop dividing, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 9, 2021
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BRCA1, a protein that is well-known for its role in hereditary breast cancer, is an important part of the cellular system that repairs double-strand DNA breaks. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered a new way in which ...
Biotechnology
Jul 13, 2021
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Scientists from the lab of Franz Klein from the Department of Chromosome Biology at the Max Perutz Labs, a joint venture of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna, have now discovered that cells sometimes ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 9, 2021
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A study led by scientists at the UAB and conducted with mice models reveals how chromosomal reorganizations alter the genome's three-dimensional organization in germ cells. The study, published in Nature Communications, opens ...
Biotechnology
May 20, 2021
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In a study with implications for chronic infections, Princeton researchers have described multiple pathways that some bacteria use to tolerate normally lethal antibiotic treatments. The findings overturn common assumptions ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 20, 2021
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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have uncovered mechanisms underlying the activation of the MRN complex—the cell's DNA scissors. Using purified yeast proteins, they demonstrated that phosphorylation ...
Biotechnology
Mar 10, 2021
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