Genetics & Molecular Biology

Interbreeding, Inbreeding- Neanderthal Genome Shows They Got Busy Wherever They Could

The most complete sequence to date of the Neanderthal genome, using DNA extracted from a woman's toe bone that dates back 50,000 years, reveals a long history of interbreeding among at least four different types of early humans living in Europe and A ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 19 2013 - 2:44pm

Hybrid Vigor: Genetic Modification Could Lead To Much Better Tomato Yields

If you have been to a tomato farm, you know that commercial tomato plants have a very different look from the backyard garden variety. Rather than being tall and lanky plants, tomatoes that will be canned for sauces and juice are harvested from plants tha ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 30 2013 - 1:18pm

Genetic Sex-Determination In Honeybees- A 200-year-old Molecular Evolution Story

Scientists may have figured out how the molecular switch for sex gradually and adaptively evolved in the honeybee. It's been a long journey ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 31 2013 - 6:00am

Pregnenolone Molecule Protects The Brain From Marijuana Intoxication

With the rush to legalize marijuana in the interests of a libertarian society or, more suspect, for medical reasons, addiction is about to come back to the forefront. Over 20 million people around the world are already addicted to marijuana. In the last f ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 2 2014 - 5:08pm

I'd Put Warning Labels On Mutagenic Plants Before GMOs

Imagine we lived in a world where spontaneous mutations were caused by radiation and then released on an unsuspecting public without any testing. Well, we do. It's called nature. High-energy cosmic rays have been breaking chromosomes into pieces tha ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 22 2014 - 6:00pm

Genetic Testing To Produce More Fleckvieh Cattle- And Maybe Help With Human Infertility

The Fleckvieh is a breed of cattle that originated in the Alpine region and is now found on every continent, with an estimated worldwide population of around 40 million. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 9 2014 - 6:09pm

Men At Risk: Is The Y Chromosome Disappearing Also?

Culturally, it's discussed that being a man in the Western world is going out of fashion. People are instead supposed to be homogenized into some sort of gender-neutral swirl of beliefs and actions, with only slight variation. Even the Y chromosome i ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2014 - 2:09pm

Bone Marrow And Retinal Cells Produce 'Destructive Cascade' Of Diabetic Retinopathy

The retina can be bombarded by reactive oxygen species in diabetes, prompting events that destroy healthy blood vessels, form leaky new ones and ruin vision, and now researchers have learned that those chemically reactive molecules must come from both the ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2014 - 2:30pm

And The World's Largest Animal Genome Is...

Researchers have decoded the whole genome sequence of one widespread species and it turns out to be remarkably big- 6.5 gigabytes, largest animal genome sequenced so far. The honor goes to Locusta migratoria, the most widespread locust species. We all k ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 16 2014 - 11:46am

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