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 ...

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.

Some chromosomes, such as B chromosomes, can increase their inheritance rate to their own advantage. These extra chromosomes are found in many plants, animals, and fungi and rely upon various ...

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 ...

Today's UGA botanical mascot has nearly identical genomes as the first hedges planted in Sanford Stadium in 1929.

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 ...