Biology
Study population by X chromosome
The department of genetics at Leicester University is well known for its studies of human population using the Y chromosome, which includes the relationship between the…
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Biology
No sexual reproduction but still gene exchange
From where do we have our own genome? If it is an animal, a gene comes from a parent's conception, and that's it. There is no subsequent combination of DNA unless we hav…
Biology
How accurate are the rat studies?
Mice and humans have an 80% identical genome, making mice a suitable substitute and beneficial for humans in medical research. A recent article by two University of Mich…
Biology
Transforming mushrooms into fuel: promises greener cleaner energy
The government's team of academic researchers announced that a fungus like spider that adheres to military uniforms and tarpaulin sheets could hold a key to progress in…
Biology
Will map DNA of 1000 people
Any two people will have 99% homologous genomes. But the remaining 1% of the small differences are
Biology
Genetic modification, even small, has great consequences
A study by researchers at McGill University found that small differences in DNA sequences in individuals could cause a major contrast in gene synthesis of genes, leading…
Biology
For the first time, the bacterial gene was created - the largest chemical structure synthesized in a laboratory
The team of 17 people from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has just created the largest artificial DNA ever by synthesizing and assembling 582,970 base pairs of a b…
Biology
Moss - super food for hunger
The Physcomitrella moss still retains its primitive appearance, bearing similarities to the first plants that appeared on land about 450 million years ago. Only with a v…
Biology
Detailed publication of the map of human gene variants
October 17, 2008 - A group of international scientists has published a map of the human gene variant that has been evaluated to be the most detailed and complete ever.
Biology
New complexity is discovered in the human genome
Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered that in addition to the total number of countable genes there is something else that causes genetic differences…
Biology
Rice carries human genes
Biotechnology company Ventria Bioscience (USA) has just released a rice genome with a part of the genome that is a human gene. According to Ventrina, they are waiting fo…
Biology
Decode the gene of shoe sole
Thanks to the genetic decoding of shoe sole, a single-celled organism used as a model for biological research, French researchers have confirmed the importance of genome…
Biology
Reconstructed virus from human genome.
A team of French scientists has announced the construction of a five million-year-old virus from part of the human genome. This ancient virus can help us understand how…
Biology
Decode the smallest bacterial genome
The race to find the smallest biological genome has suddenly entered a new phase. The new work [1] published the ~ 422-kb genome of aphid bacterium, Buchnera aphidicola.…