In reef-building corals variations within genes involved in immunity and response to stress correlate to water temperature and clarity, finds a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Genetics. This information ...
Biotechnology
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Due to their small size, nanoparticles find varied applications in fields ranging from medicine to electronics. Their small size allows them a high reactivity and semiconducting property not found in the bulk states. Sub-nanoparticles ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 15, 2020
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The study on single-nucleotide resolution structural variations (SVs) of an Asian and African genome was published online in Nature Biotechnology. This study was performed by BGI (previously known as the Beijing Genomics ...
Biotechnology
Jul 25, 2011
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Genetic variants that can act as switches directing structural changes in the RNA molecules that code for proteins in plants have been experimentally validated in plants for the first time. The changes to RNA structure can ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 14, 2022
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Narrow germplasm base and limited technology have made it difficult for cotton researchers to identify specific DNA markers needed to locate genes that confer desirable traits. But that's no longer the case.
Biotechnology
Dec 2, 2013
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Genetic markers such as fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP), simple sequence repeats (SSRs), and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) provide unique identifiers for individual organisms. This aids the identification of ...
Biotechnology
Apr 25, 2023
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The development of functional nanomaterials has been a major landmark in the history of materials science. Nanoparticles with diameters ranging from 5 to 500 nm have unprecedented properties, such as high catalytic activity, ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 12, 2020
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New research published in BMC Genetics shows that the rhesus macaque has three times as much genetic variation than humans. However despite much of this extra variation being within genes, it does not affect protein function. ...
Biotechnology
Jun 28, 2012
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The term "single-nucleotide polymorphism" (SNP) refers to a single base change in DNA sequence between two individuals. SNPs are the most common type of genetic variation in plant and animal genomes and are, thus, an important ...
Biotechnology
Apr 1, 2015
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Anthracnose fruit rot (AFR), caused by the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum fioriniae, is the most destructive and widespread fruit disease of blueberry, impacting fruit quality and yield. The reliance on fungicides prompts ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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