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Artificial selection — when humans take what they want genetically
Also known as selective breeding, artificial selection is the human-guided cousin of evolution by natural selection. Instead ...
How rapid DNA repair in plants protects genomes from internal threats
Scientists have uncovered a critical role for rapid DNA repair in maintaining genome stability. A new study reveals that ...
Early Earth chemistry: Triplet RNA building blocks and freeze-thaw cycles enable self-replication in water
Chemists at UCL and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology have demonstrated how RNA (ribonucleic acid) might have ...
Food and Environment Reporting Network2d
How fungi are surviving—and even thriving—in a warming world
Sunday in that bleak pandemic summer of 2020, the air near central California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park felt muggy, almost tropical. Weird, thought naturalist Christian ...
AZoLifeSciences on MSN1h
Repairing DNA Double-Strand Breaks May Improve Genomic Stability by Limiting Organelle-to-Nucleus Gene Transfer
A new study in Nature Plants reveals that DNA double-strand break repair (DSBR) pathways help prevent gene transfer from ...
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Base Editors Curb Repeating DNA in Huntington’s and Ataxia Models
Early research shows that editing expanding trinucleotide repeats halts the lengthening process that causes neurological ...
The Jewish Press1d
From Genetics to Genesis: Discovering the Divine Signature in Creation
The convergence between science and emunah opens a majestic window into the Divine orchestration of life. While science does not offer demonstrative proof of the existence of Hashem, it unveils ...
Nature3d
Double-strand DNA breaks articles from across Nature Portfolio
A double-strand DNA break (DSB) occurs or arises when both strands of the DNA duplex are severed, often as the result of ionizing radiation. They are particularly deleterious as the DNA ends can ...