Baker’s yeast survive and grow after a drastic reorganization, not of their genes, but of the chromosome superstructures that house, protect and control access to their DNA code. …read more Source:: Science
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How do jumping genes cause disease, drive evolution?
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•Researchers have developed new techniques to track the mobilization of jumping genes. They found that during a particular period of egg development, a group of jumping-genes called retrotransposons hijacks special …read more Source:: Science
Study identifies more than a hundred new genes that determine hair color
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•Scientists have discovered 124 genes that play a major role in determining human hair color variation. …read more Source:: Science
The ‘architecture of life’ described by computer modeling
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•While most of biology and medicine focus on the key roles genes and chemicals play in living systems, the spatial arrangement of the components that make up those systems and …read more Source:: Science
Ant raids: It’s all in the genes
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•Certain ants attack and enslave other species, and integrate their offspring into their own colonies in order to survive. Researchers have recently discovered that the raids required to achieve this …read more Source:: Science
Fifteen new genes identified that shape our face
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•Researchers have identified fifteen genes that determine our facial features. …read more Source:: Science
Agricultural parasite takes control of host plant’s genes
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•Dodder, a parasitic plant that causes major damage to crops in the US and worldwide every year, can silence the expression of genes in the host plants from which it …read more Source:: Science
Gene fusion shifts cell activity into high gear, causing some cancer
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•Researchers have discovered that a common fusion of two adjacent genes can cause cancer by kicking mitochondria into overdrive, increasing the amount of fuel available for rampant cell growth. …read more Source:: Science
Drought-resistant plant genes could accelerate evolution of water-use efficient crops
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•Scientists have identified a common set of genes that enable different drought-resistant plants to survive in semi-arid conditions, which could play a significant role in bioengineering and creating energy crops …read more Source:: Science
Thousands of genes influence most diseases, researchers report
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•In a provocative new perspective piece, researchers say that disease genes are spread uniformly across the genome, not clustered in specific molecular pathways, as has been thought. …read more Source:: Science