Identification of putative essential protein domains from high-density transposon insertion sequencing
1.van Opijnen, T., Bodi, KL, and Camilli, A. Tn-seq: high-throughput parallel sequencing for fitness and…
Browsing: cell division
Dormant phages communicate via arbitrium to control the exit of lysogeny
1.Ptashne, M. Genetic switch: the Lambda phage revisited 3rd edition (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,…
Discover the secrets of a model plant genome
Through Lisa Ercolano and Hannah Jones / Posted November 15, 2021 A Johns Hopkins engineer…
The study sheds light on the “black holes” in th
image: Todd Michael seen Following Credit: Institut Salk LA JOLLA – (November 11, 2021) Salk…
The endangered condor surprised researchers by producing fat …
(MENAFN – The Conversation) Virgin birth – which involves the development of an unfertilized egg…
Surprise! California condors can breed without having sex
SAN DIEGO – He has his mother’s eyes, and his father’s… nothing.A science team led…
Are rapidly proliferating cells epigenetically malleable?
Fig 1. Experimental design. Upper part: a schematic representation of the embryonic development of Xenopus…
6 things to catch up on in Jersey City today
Have a nice day, neighbors! Here is the last copy of the Jersey City Daily.…
These animals managed to survive sexless for 50 million years, scientists say
If you think that living without sex is not possible and that no animal as…
Men’s role in conception and baby’s health is bigger than previously believed
Healthy mom, healthy baby. Few would say that an expectant mother has the primary role…
DNA methylation influences the replication and organization of the genome
MMost cancer cells have much less methylated genomes than those of normal cells, but whether…
The SMC protein complex ensures the dynamics of holocentromers – sciencedaily
Holocentric plant species such as Cyperus papyrus were already of great importance to the ancient…
GWAS Increases Genetic Loci Linked to Hereditary Testicular Cancer by 40%
A meta-analysis of nearly 200,000 men revealed 22 new genetic locations that may be susceptible…
Cat genomes look a lot like ours
The genome of a mouse is, structurally speaking, a chaotic place. At some point in…
Exception to genetic inheritance: a worm transmits a biological trait through memory, not genes
For most organisms, genetic inheritance is the reason why offspring look like their parents. However,…
Centromere memory encoded in the One Generation Deep epigenome
About one-third to two-thirds along the stem of a chromosome is a tight site called…
How information beyond the genetic sequence is encoded in plant sperm – sciencedaily
Hereditary information is passed from parents to offspring in genetic code, DNA and epigenetically through…
Manufacturing of the central engine of cell division
First author Kai Walstein in “The Protein Factory”. It is a cellular process that has…
The human genome is finally finished!
When the human genome was first deemed “complete” in 2000, the news was greeted with…
Mysterious protein turns human DNA into different shapes
The differences between humans DNA and mosquito DNA is not limited to the arrangement of…
Only two interchangeable ways of folding genomes into nuclei
How precisely genomes ranging from a few million to billions of base pairs, several meters…
Epigenetics: inheritance of epigenetic markers
Credit: public domain CC0 A study by an international team led by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU)…