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Gene helps plants use less water without biomass loss

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers have found a genetic mutation that allows a plant to better endure drought without losing biomass, a discovery that could reduce the amount of water required for growing plants and help plants s…

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Extracting cellular ‘engines’ may aid in understanding mitochondrial diseases

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Medical researchers who crave a means of exploring the genetic culprits behind a host of neuromuscular disorders may have just had their wish granted by a team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where scienti…

Categories Blog Entry, Health, Life & Non-humans, Technology

Parents favor genetic testing for melanoma in their children

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Salt Lake City, Dec.21, 2010 — The vast majority of parents who tested positive for a genetic mutation that increases the risk of melanoma (the most serious form of skin cancer) support genetic testing of their children or grandchildren. Results of…

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UCI scientists decode genomes of sexually precocious fruit flies

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Irvine, Calif., Sept. 16, 2010 — UC Irvine researchers have deciphered how lowly fruit flies bred to rapidly develop and reproduce actually evolve over time. The findings, reported in the Sept. 15 online issue of Nature, contradict the long-held …

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All blue-eyed humans have common ancestor

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New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor.

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Essential gene for male fertility found

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A gene that belongs to a family of genes implicated in heart disease has been found to be essential for male fertility but has no impact on female fertility, researchers at U of T, along with colleagues in New York and Japan, have discovered.

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