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Genetic Scientists Sequence Genome of Matina Cacao

Genetic researchers have managed to identify genetic markers that can lead to higher yielding cocoa plants that still produce better tasting cocoa
Jun 4, 2013 by News Staff

An international consortium of genetic researchers has sequenced the genome of the Costa Rican Matina cacao variety, the most widely cultivated cacao type in the world. Genetic researchers have managed to identify genetic markers that can lead to higher yielding cocoa plants Cacao trees are grown throughout the humid tropics in more than 50 countries, and cacao beans, harvested from the plants’ pods, are used to produce chocolate as well as...

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European honey bee collecting pollen (Jon Sullivan)

Scientists Identify Gene that Helps Honey Bees Find Flowers

May 30, 2013 by News Staff

A new study conducted by genetic researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign suggests that the regulatory gene Egr, known to be involved...

Roles of Neuregulin 1 in neural development. NRG1 is released from neurons to promote the formation and maintenance of radial glial cells. Tangential migration of γ-aminobutyric acid-ergic interneurons requires NRG1 in the cortical region. Myelination and ensheathment of peripheral nerves are controlled by the amounts of NRG1 produced in substrate axons. NRG1 from axons might regulate oligodendrocyte development and myelination of axons in the CNS. NRG1 is also necessary for the formation of neuromuscular junctions - NMJs. NRG1 stimulates CNS synapse formation (Lin Mei & Wen-Cheng Xiong, 2008)

Genetic Scientists Eliminate Schizophrenia Symptoms in Mice

May 28, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A multinational group of geneticists writing in the journal Neuron has reversed schizophrenia-like symptoms in adult mice by restoring normal expression...

Genetic Researchers Solve Mystery of White Tigers

May 24, 2013 by Natali Anderson

A team of genetic scientists led by Dr Shu-Jin Luo from Peking University in Beijing, using whole-genome sequences of white and normally-colored Bengal...

Structure of low density lipoprotein (Oregon State University)

Scientists Identify Four Genes that Influence ‘Bad’ Cholesterol

May 21, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A team of researchers from the Texas Biomedical Research Institute reporting online in the Journal of Lipid Research has identified 4 genes in baboons...

Tibetan antelope, or chiru, in the Chang Tang region of Tibet (George Schaller)

Genome of Tibetan Antelope Sequenced

May 20, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of genetic scientists has completed the genomic sequence of the Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii). Tibetan antelope, or chiru,...

The study highlights the high affinity of the Minoans to the current inhabitants of the Lassithi plateau of Crete as well as Greece. This image shows Minoan Palace of Knossos (Bernard Gagnon / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Mitochondrial DNA Study Reveals Origins of Minoan Civilization

May 16, 2013 by News Staff

A new study reported in the journal Nature Communications indicates that the Minoans, who 5,000 years ago established the first advanced Bronze Age civilization...

Flower of Nelumbo nucifera (T. Voekler / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Scientists Sequence Genome of Sacred Lotus

May 14, 2013 by Natali Anderson

A large team of genetic researchers has sequenced the genome of the sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), which is believed to have a powerful genetic system...

Scientists have identified three genetic variations - GALNT10, MIR148A-NFE2L3 and KLHL32 – associated with obesity in people of African ancestry

Scientists Discover Gene Variants Associated with Obesity in Individuals of African Ancestry

May 8, 2013 by News Staff

A large multinational team of genetic researchers has identified three unique genetic variations that influence body size and obesity in men and women...

H7N9 Carries Genes from Rare H9N2, H7N3, H4N9, H11N9 Bird Flu Viruses

Apr 29, 2013 by News Staff

A team of microbiologists led by Prof Chen Hualan of the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute investigated the origins of a new influenza A (H7N9) virus...

Orthologue genes shared between the zebrafish, human, mouse and chicken genome (Kerstin Howe et al)

Zebrafish Genome Found Strikingly Similar to Humans

Apr 25, 2013 by News Staff

According to a paper published in Nature, 70 per cent of protein-coding human genes are related to genes found in the zebrafish (Danio rerio), and 84 per...

This image shows phylogenetic network of 39 prehistoric mitochondrial genomes sorted into two groupings - Early Neolithic, left, and Mid-to-Late Neolithic, right. Node colors represent archaeological cultures. LBK - Linear Pottery Culture (Paul Brotherton et al)

DNA Study Reveals Genetic History of Europe

Apr 24, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of scientists has used ancient DNA recovered from human remains dating from up to 5,500 BC to reconstruct the first detailed genetic...

The African coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae (Hans Fricke / Max-Planck Institute)

Researchers Sequence Genome of African Coelacanth

Apr 18, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international consortium of experts led by Prof Chris Amemiya from the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason and the University of Washington...

This illustration shows Tribolium castaneum telomerase catalytic subunit, TERT (Emskorda / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Scientists Map Cellular ‘Fountain of Youth’

Apr 17, 2013 by News Staff

A large group of researchers led by Cambridge University scientists has for the first time mapped an enzyme called telomerase. This illustration shows...

Fainting by Pietro Longhi, c. 1744

Single Gene May be Responsible for Fainting, New Study Shows

Apr 17, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A study published in the journal Neurology shows that, in some families, only one gene may be responsible for fainting, also known as vasovagal syncope. Fainting...

Researchers from the GIANT consortium identified new genes influencing height and related to obesity (National Institutes of Health / U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

Genetic Researchers Identify New Height, Obesity Genes

Apr 12, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

An international scientific collaboration led by Dr Ruth Loos of Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK, and Dr Erik Ingelsson of the Uppsala University,...

Pathogenic Escherichia coli attached to human cells in tissue culture (Donnenberg lab / U. Maryland at Baltimore)

Scientists Genetically Engineer First Caffeine-Addicted Bacteria

Mar 29, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new research published in the journal ACS Synthetic Biology describes genetically engineered Escherichia coli bacteria being addicted to caffeine in...

Scientists at Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Tulane University in New Orleans say obesity and osteoporosis should not be treated separately (University of Massachusetts Lowell)

Fat and Bone Mass are Genetically Linked, Scientists Say

Mar 19, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Scientists at Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Tulane University in New Orleans have discovered a clear genetic link between fat and bone mass. Scientists...

Deficiency of the protein Factor IX, depicted here, causes hemophilia B

Researchers Solve Genetic Mystery of Rare Form of Haemophilia

Mar 11, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of genetic researchers led by Prof Merlin Crossley from the University of New South Wales has found the third and final missing piece...

Obese and thin mice (Shannon Reilly / University of Michigan)

Scientists Identify Gene that Causes Obesity in Mice

Mar 6, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

U.S. genetic researchers led by Prof James McManaman from the University of Colorado’s School of Medicine have found that deleting a gene called Perilipin...

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