An international team of scientists have identified candidate resistance genes that could protect ash trees from the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), a deadly pest that…
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The man in grave 54 from the Ajvide Pitted Ware burial ground on Gotland is buried flat on his back, which is typical of Pitted…
Scientists have long debated which genetic information carrier — DNA or RNA — started life on Earth, but a new study suggests life could have…
Lipitoids, which self-assemble with DNA and RNA, can serve as cellular delivery systems for antiviral therapies that could prevent COVID-19 and other coronavirus infections. Credit:…
The virus’s ability to change makes it likely that new human coronaviruses will arise. A team of scientists studying the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus…
The clinical presentation of Covid-19 varies from patient to patient and understanding individual genetic susceptibility to the disease is therefore vital to prognosis, prevention, and…
A global campaign to help find a mate for a left-coiling snail called ‘Jeremy’ has enabled scientists to understand how mirror-image garden snails are formed.…
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) through recombination and strong purifying selection. A combination of genetic shuffling and evolutionary selection of near-identical genetic…
An olive sea snake (Aipysurus laevis) foraging in Western Australia. Credit: Bruno Simoes, University of Plymouth Sea snakes first entered the marine environment 15 million…
New hormone that stimulates sexual functions in fish could lead to novel infertility treatments in humans. When University of Ottawa biologists Kim Mitchell and Vance…
Credit: Nathan Johnson/PNNL A molecule commonly produced by gut microbes appears to improve memory in mice. A new study is among the first to trace…
There is ongoing debate among policymakers and the general public about where SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, came from. While researchers consider bats the…
Maximizing the protection of life on Earth requires knowledge of the global patterns of biodiversity at multiple dimensions, from genetic diversity within species, to species…
DNA may not be life’s instruction book, but just a jumbled list of ingredients. University of Maryland researcher develops potentially revolutionary framework for heredity and…
While others may be dieting and hitting the gym hard to stay in shape, some people stay slim effortlessly no matter what they eat. In…
Revealing yet another super-power in the skillful squid, scientists have discovered that squid massively edit their own genetic instructions not only within the nucleus of…
Pictured is CIDER-Seq, a newly developed tool for sequencing circular and extrachromosomal circular DNA, in action. Credit: Devang Mehta New method will provide insight into…
Plants can produce energy-rich biomass with the help of light, water and carbon dioxide. This is why they are at the beginning of the food…
Visually indistinguishable particles of Brome Mosaic Virus. Credit: Ayala Rao/UCR University of California Riverside scientists have solved a 20-year-old genetics puzzle that could result in…
Stone artifacts from the Initial Upper Paleolithic at Bacho Kiro Cave: 1-3, 5-7 Pointed blades and fragments from Layer I; 4 Sandstone bead with morphology…