The University of Bayreuth's Biomaterials research group has, for the first time, successfully applied the CRISPR-Cas9 ...

A study of human tumor cells implanted in mice from the MacPherson Lab at Fred Hutch describes a new way to screen for the ...

Graham Coop, professor of evolution and ecology and director of the Center for Population Biology, has been elected to the ...

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Life depends on genes being switched on and off at exactly the right time. Even the simplest living organisms do this, but usually over short distances across the DNA sequence, with the on/off switch ...

Learn about the activation and deactivation of genes over long distances of DNA - an ability that emerged in comb jellies and ...

When a species reproduces, typically, each parent passes on one of their two versions (alleles) of a given gene to their offspring. But not all alleles play fair in their quest to be passed onto ...

Animals that rely exclusively on parthenogenesis to reproduce, like the flowerpot snake, are called obligate parthenogens, ...

Color vision evolved to support survival and social needs. Today, it influences how we think, feel, and navigate the world, ...

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Single-cell biology has transformed how we decode cellular heterogeneity, but a new frontier is emerging: understanding what ...

Researchers use generative AI to design synthetic enhancers that can effectively control gene expression in healthy mammalian ...