Agricultural genetics ... trait combinations in crop plants and farm animals. The discipline includes use of genetic markers to guide traditional breeding, and introgression and introduction ...

Having a relative with the disease doesn't guarantee you will get it. This article discusses how genetics factor into diabetes development. It also covers the importance of screening and takes a ...

It both stabilizes a critical protein called RNA Polymerase II — the molecular engine of gene transcription — and reshapes the structure of chromatin, the tightly packed form of DNA ...

“Given the fact that the X chromosome is enriched for brain-related genes, it became very important for us to know what roles it might be playing in brain aging,” said Samira Abdulai ...

Had she inherited two copies of the other maternal allele, she would be trisomic for the whole of chromosome 21, with only three copies of the red gene ... of genetic traits and/or in the severity ...

Thomas Hunt Morgan (shown) discovers a white-eyed mutant in his laboratory fruit flies. His continuing work would confirm that genes, the units of heredity, are located on chromosomes.

To turn genes off and on, cells use Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes (SMC) motors that act like switches to connect different parts of DNA," first author Roman Barth explains. "However ...

The first time Jamie Cassidy was pregnant, the fetus had a genetic mutation ... their embryos’ DNA. They wanted to avoid transferring any embryos with the single-gene mutation that had doomed ...

Genetic analysis indicates that he likely originated from Italy or Sardinia ... the skull and femur both clearly showed the presence of a Y chromosome – in other words, a male,” explains Gerhard Weber ...

Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysis was conducted using the GTEx database ... and sequencing was performed using the BigDye Terminator cycle sequencing kit (Applied Biosystems). DNA ...

The explanation: most of the genes ... chromosome. Because the X chromosome is so much bigger than the Y, women with two Xs have 4% more genetic material—the vital deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA ...

This is a genetic condition that causes non-cancerous growths affecting many organs, including the brain. Epilepsy is a common symptom of tuberous sclerosis. More information is available from the ...