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New Map of Variation in Maize Genetics Holds Promise for Developing New Varieties
Publishing in the Nov. 19 issue of Science, the researchers, whose senior and first author are at Cornell, have identified the first map of haplotypes – sets of closely linked gene variants known as a...
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Read moreNano bubble gum for enhancing drug delivery in gut
Some drugs, like over-the-counter aspirin, lend themselves to this mode of delivery and are trivial to take. They can be pressed into a pill and swallowed. Other drugs cannot be swallowed and must be ...
Physics and Astronomy | Read moreGenome sequence for the domestic horse to be unveiled
Findings from the genome sequence have important implications for improved breeding of horses, which constitute a $39 billion industry in the United States alone, and for studies of human health. They...
Life Sciences | Read moreSustainably grown garlic
Consumer interest in new and diverse types of garlic is on the rise. Fueled by factors including the growth of the "local foods" movement, interest in world cuisines, and widespread reports ...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreConserving historic apple trees
The apple trees of yesteryear are slowly disappearing. Many apple varieties common in the United States a century ago can no longer be found in today's orchards and nurseries. But some historic a...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreCucumber genome published
The genome of the cucumber has been sequenced by an international consortium lead by Chinese and U.S. institutions. The annotated genome is published online Nov. 1 by the journal Nature Genetics....
Life Sciences | Read moreWith Venom and Vigor Bugs Vie to be Crowned ‘Ugliest’
"The Shocker," a paper wasp whose sting can cause anaphylactic shock and "The Stinger," a scorpion that crushes it's prey with pincers and injects them with a neurotoxic venom...
Life Sciences | Read moreMom Likes Me Best: Egg Size Predicts Offspring Survival
Reported in the November issue of The American Naturalist, www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/605962 the study was conducted over two breeding seasons on small wetlands in the prairie-parkland ...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreStanford scientists turn stem cells into precursors for sperm, eggs
Researchers at the school have devised a way to efficiently coax the cells to become human germ cells — the precursors of egg and sperm cells — in the laboratory. Unlike previous research, which yield...
Life Sciences | Read moreGeologists studying groundwater arsenic levels in India empower Bengali women, children
"When going into a foreign land, you need the common people's help, support and understanding of the work you are doing," said Saugata Datta, a K-State assistant professor of geology....
Earth Sciences | Read moreColor differences within and between species have common genetic origin
The body hair difference is even more pronounced between the two species than within our own species. Do the same genes cause both types of variation? Biologists have puzzled over that questio...
Life Sciences | Read moreAncient Bison Genetic Treasure Trove for Farmers
Researchers from the University’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) worked with an international team of genomics researchers to analyse the genetic mutations of an ancient bison, many modern c...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreHomebound termites answer 150-year-old evolution question
Staying at home may have given the very first termite youngsters the best opportunity to rule the colony when their parents were killed by their neighbors. This is according to new research supported ...
Life Sciences | Read moreOpportunity to Usurp Reproductive Power of Royal Throne Keeps Worker Termites Home
In research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition (October 5, 2009), Professor Barbara L. Thorne and colleagues reveal how unrelated termites originating from ...
Life Sciences | Read moreBody posture affects confidence in your own thoughts
Researchers found that people who were told to sit up straight were more likely to believe thoughts they wrote down while in that posture concerning whether they were qualified for a job.On th...
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