For any plant breeding endeavor to be effective, a variety of genetic resources must be available and accessible. Using simple sequence repeats (SSRs) markers, amylose content, and agro-morphological ...

Increasing agricultural production while reducing the reliance on synthetic inputs such as antibiotics is an important challenge. For cattle breeding, this implies better understanding the genetics ...

Several genetic variations were recovered in individuals during remission compared to those in active disease. Recovered features included reduction of plasma and cell cycle signatures and increase of ...

Genome assemblies from 65 individuals, representing a variety of the world’s populations, are advancing the scientific exploration of complex genetic structural variation. Structural variations are ...

Small variations in DNA sequence can alter an organism’s response to the environment or susceptibility to disease. Interpreting the impact of genome sequence variation remains a research challenge.

For many years, scientists have known that genetic variants, or differences in DNA code across people, play some role in neurological and psychiatric disorders. But the details were murky. Now, ...

This research provides a comprehensive analysis of deleterious mutations in pear (Pyrus spp.) during domestication, shedding light on their impact on agronomic traits. By resequencing 232 pear ...

Humans are continuously exposed to various environmental allergens (antigens), such as pollen, food, and dust mites. In certain individuals, their immune system recognizes common environmental ...

April 9 (Reuters) - Hello Health Rounds readers! Today we feature a pair of studies that took a deeper dive into the effects of GLP-1 drugs being widely used for weight loss and diabetes. We also ...

New research by the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) of Singapore has identified for the first time how gene variations cause changes in the brain that are linked to essential tremor—a common ...

Doctronic reports that while allergies have a genetic component, their inheritance is complex and influenced by multiple ...