For the first time and with the help of CRISPR technology: A new large-scale genetic modification method makes it possible to reveal the role and properties of duplicated genes in plants The ...

Extensive genetic variation underpinning phenotypic traits exists in natural plant populations, and this is intimately connected to the process of evolutionary adaptation. Importantly, such genetic ...

Traditional plant breeders improve the quality and yield of crops by crossing plants with desired traits to create a new, hopefully improved, hybrid strain. But traditional breeding is limited by the ...

Technologies such as genetic modification and ‘CRISPR’ will cure hereditary diseases, produce disease-resistant crops and enable the breeding of malaria-free mosquitos. But advances bring ethical and ...

Jie Jiao, Tongzhang Zheng, Qing Lan, Yingtai Chen, Qian Deng, Xiaofeng Bi, Christopher Kim, Theodore Holford, Brian Leaderer, Peter Boyle, Yue Ba, Zhaolin Xia, Stephen J. Chanock, Nathaniel Rothman, ...

Without bumble bees, a flowering plant that can self-pollinate lost substantial genetic variation within only nine generations, an experimental study found. A group of 'selfing' monkeyflower plants ...

Transthyretin protein is produced by the liver and helps circulate vitamin A and thyroxine through the body. This genetic variation causes misfolding of the transthyretin protein leading to hereditary ...

Should we genetically modify wild lions? Of course not, might be your instant response. But what if lions were being wiped out by a devastating disease introduced by people? What if the genetic change ...

It’s one small step for mice, one giant leap for mammoth-kind. Scientists endeavoring to “de-extinct” woolly mammoths through genetic modification have taken a meaningful step toward achieving their ...

Malaria remains one of the deadliest diseases in the world, with nearly 600,000 deaths recorded in 2023, the vast majority ...