Biologists at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered the origin of a curious duplication that gives plants ...

The Earth BioGenome Project seeks to genetically profile over a million plants, animals, and fungi as they build an atlas of ...

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the information-carrying molecule found in all living organisms. In most animal, plant and fungal cells DNA is stored in the nucleus coiled up in thread-like ...

Shih is also an investigator at the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) at UC Berkeley. "The current plant transformation ...

Experts have revealed the origins of a unique DNA duplication mechanism that grants plants additional ways to control genetic instructions.

Compartment in cell where DNA is stored as chromosomes Controls activities of cell Animal cell, plant cell or fungal cell Cell structure Cell wall Description Freely permeable layer surrounding ...

Plants communicate through volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that help them respond to herbivorous pest attacks. This review ...

In traditional plant breeding, new varieties are developed ... Discovery by Watson and Crick: structure of DNA, 1953: Another milestone in the development of understanding of genetics and how ...

Herbicide resistance poses a challenge to producing enough food for a growing population. Sam Caygill and colleagues at the ...

The research team tested the activity of over 2,600 different RNA sequences predicted to belong to a class of RNA enzymes called "twister ribozymes," which have the ability to cut themselves in two.

In the VOC-receiving plants, hydrocarbons like β-caryophyllene can regulate gene expression by interacting with the chromatin, a structure that controls DNA accessibility. This process ...