You won’t believe these three unexpected discoveries – and neither did the scientists who made them
Researchers at one of the UK’s leading genetics centres tell us about their serendipitous findings.
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Wheat’s genetic secrets could lead to better, more resilient crops
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What Are Five Stages of Mitosis?
Divide and conquer!
Researchers complete 30% of the synthetic yeast chromosome — synthetic life is just around the corner
Immense potential in a small cell.
Climate change is reversing the sex of bearded dragons, a first
Rising temperatures are fundamentally changing the way Australia's bearded lizards get their gender. Basically, the lizard's sex is not dependent ...
New Imaging Technique Reveals the True Form of Chromosomes
The X-Shape in which we usually see chromosomes depicted in is only a snapshot of their real complexity - a ...
Down Syndrome’s extra chromosome shut down in lab cells
The insertion of one gene can shut down the extra chromosome which causes Down Syndrome, according to a study published ...
Genetics might predict how long you’ll live. Trauma might shorten life span
Researchers at Duke University studied the telomeres - the tip of chromosomes that protect them - in a group of ...
Men’s Y chromosome stands its ground – men aren’t going extinct!
Good news for men, and especially women: the Y chromosome, which holds the male sex determining genes in most mammals, ...