When a gene gets duplicated, it often leads to the recipe being followed too many times, and the resulting “leftovers,” the ...

For decades, farmers have faced a trade-off between size and flavor when growing tomatoes and eggplants. The hefty tomatoes ...

As with duplications, deletions can affect gene dosage and thus the resulting phenotype. Also, the larger the deletion, the more genes are likely to be involved, and the more drastic the resulting ...

About 75% of the world's food comes from 12 plants. Scientists estimate up to 30,000 species are edible. Not only does this ...

Other possible outcomes after duplication include gene loss or pseudogenization; maintenance of both genes as a way to increase expression or to maintain multiple variants within individuals ...

Gene duplication is very important for the evolution of species because it can facilitate the creation of new genes. Normally, changes to genes result in loss of function and so are weeded out by ...

About 75 percent of the world's food comes from 12 plants. Scientists estimate up to 30,000 species are edible. Not only does ...

Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome ... meaning it can be inherited from just one parent—of many gene mutations. The condition can lead to complications as severe as ...

Genetic changes that can increase the yield of one crop don’t necessarily work for others, even if they’re close relatives.

From sessile life to active swimming The study provides a new perspective on the evolution of FGF subfamilies in the chordate group, with massive losses and duplications of ancestral gene families ...

In a paper published in Mycology, researchers investigated the adaptive mechanisms of Microsporum canis, a dermatophyte transitioning from animal to human hosts. Using comparative genomics, the study ...