News tagged with genetic architecture
Research links evolution of fins and limbs with that of gills
Mar 23, 2009 |
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The genetic toolkit that animals use to build fins and limbs is the same genetic toolkit that controls the development of part of the gill skeleton in sharks, according to research to be published in Proceedings of ...
Inbreeding insects cast light on longer female lifespans
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Feb 06, 2009 |
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Inbreeding can unexpectedly extend male lifespan. Insect experiments described in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have shown that, in seed beetles, inbreeding causes males to live longer, while shortening ...
Researcher tags genes linked to disc degeneration
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lumbar disc degeneration is an uncomfortable condition that affects millions of people, but two University of Alberta researchers have identified some of the genes that are causing problems. ...
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The impact of the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States
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An international group of anthropologists offers a new theory about the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States and the impact it had.
Gene therapy and stem cells save limb
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Blood vessel blockage, a common condition in old age or diabetes, leads to low blood flow and results in low oxygen, which can kill cells and tissues. Such blockages can require amputation resulting in loss of limbs. Now, ...
Scientists show that female fruit flies can be 'too attractive' to males
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Females can be too attractive to the opposite sex -- too attractive for their own good -- say biologists at UC Santa Barbara. They found that, among fruit flies, too much male attention directed toward attractive ...
Turning metal black more than just a novelty
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Rochester optics professor Chunlei Guo made headlines in the past couple of years when he changed the color of everyday metals by scouring their surfaces with precise, high-intensity laser bursts.
Superior offspring without genetic modification
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We don't always turn out like our parents. Sometimes we become even better. How this happens is the subject of a new research project at the University of Gothenburg.
Umbilical stem cells may help recover lost vision for those with corneal disease
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New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) may help in the recovery of lost vision for patients with corneal scarring.
Precision breeding creates super potato
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The skin is light brown, the meat luscious and yellow: from the outside alone, this new potato looks like any other. But on the inside, it is different. Its cells produce pure amylopectin, a starch used in ...
Combination therapy with midostaurin improves survival of AML patients with FLT3 mutations, phase 1
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A targeted drug that is active against acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is particularly effective when teamed with chemotherapy in patients whose cancer cells harbor a key genetic mutation, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ...
GSM system about to be compromised
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists in California and elsewhere are deliberately setting out to compromise the mobile phone system used by around three billion people. The system uses Global System for Mobile ...
Cholera bacteria show adaptability to changing environments
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The deadly bacterium behind cholera epidemics spends only a fraction of its life infecting humans. Most of the time, Vibrio cholerae lurks in estuaries and other semisalty aquatic habitats.
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