News tagged with molecular sequence


Natural-born divers and the molecular traces of evolution

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

An aquatic lifestyle imposes serious demands for the organism, and this is true even for the tiniest molecules that form our body. When the ancestors of present marine mammals initiated their return to the oceans, their ...





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Rethinking the Genetic Theory of Inheritance

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 2

Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have detected evidence that DNA may not be the only carrier of heritable information; a secondary molecular mechanism called epigenetics may also account for ...


Disordered proteins sensitive to environment, sequence changes

Disordered proteins sensitive to environment, sequence changes

Biology / Other

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research published by a team of Indiana University bioinformaticists has shown quantitatively the influence of small sequence changes and environmental conditions on the disordered regions ...


Newly found DNA catalysts cleave DNA with water molecule

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Better tools for manipulating DNA in the laboratory may soon be possible with newly discovered deoxyribozymes (catalytic DNA) capable of cleaving single-stranded DNA, researchers at the University of Illinois say.


Researchers develop whole genome sequencing approach for mutation discovery

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Stowers Institute's Hawley Lab and Molecular Biology Facility have developed a "whole-genome sequencing approach" to mapping mutations in fruit flies. The novel methodology promises to reduce the time and effort required ...


Why do human populations differ? Fruit fly study aims to provide genetic answers

Biology / Other

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Charles Aquadro, professor of molecular biology and genetics, researches how fruit flies provide clues to humans' own genetic footprints of adaptation.


Midget plant gets makeover

Midget plant gets makeover

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A tiny plant with a long name (Arabidopsis thaliana) helps researchers from over 120 countries learn how to design new crops to help meet increasing demands for food, biofuels, industrial materials, and ne ...


Online collaboration identifies bacteria

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created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new website has been launched which allows scientists everywhere to collaborate on the identification of bacterial strains. This new resource, described in the open access journal BMC Biology, provides a portal for electr ...


Seeing how evolutionary mechanisms yield biological diversity

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An international team of scientists has discovered how changes in both gene expression and gene sequence led to the diversity of visual systems in African cichlid fish.


New piece found in the puzzle of epigenetics

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

For many years scientists have known that the numerous biological functions of an organism are not regulated solely by the DNA sequence of its genes: Superordinate regulatory mechanisms exist that contribute to determining ...


Of yeast and men: Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of Friedreich's ataxia

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers in human genetics have long known that expansions of GAA repeats - resulting in this nucleotide triplet repeating hundreds or thousands of times - cause the most common hereditary neurological disorder known as ...



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