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Egg-sucking sea slug from Florida s Cedar Key named after Muppets creator Jim Henson

... But that s what the DNA and the anatomy tell......
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Origin of life: A prebiotic route to DNA

DNA, the hereditary material, may... could have given rise to DNA subunits on the early... macromolecular informational nucleic acids DNA and RNA that... planet. For billions of...
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Tracking life s first step: Two molecules awaken brand new genome

... begin the transcription of its DNA and start embryonic development... factors are needed to activate DNA in the newly formed... Recherche du Québec Santé, Canada; Surdna Foundation; Ministerio de...
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Personalized medicine: Testing therapies on mini-tumors of head and neck cancer

... carry specific alterations in the DNA of their tumor. For......
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Developmental disorders: Discovery of new mutations

... new mutations identified in the DNA of more than 30.000......
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Virus genes help determine if pea aphids get their wings

... to evolution. Most laterally transferred DNA DNA that is inherited from......
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Prehistoric Wolf s Head Found Perfectly Preserved In Siberia

... be done on the wolfs DNA, fur and skull with......
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It s not easy being green

... qualities. Comparing the wild plant DNA with the mutated plant DNA allowed the team to......
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Discovery of new genetic causes of male infertility

... are not present in the DNA of the parents of... infertility. The exome is the DNA sequence of genes that... studied. The researchers studied DNA from 108 infertile...
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Russian geneticist answers challenges to his plan to make gene-edited babies

... embryo studies that create heritable, DNA changes. Concerns about this......
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Gut microbes eat our medication

... his team hunted through bacterial DNA to identify which gut......
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The surprising reason why some lemurs may be more sensitive to forest loss

... Madagascar, the team sequenced the DNA of gut bacteria from......
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Viruses found to use intricate treadmill to move cargo across bacterial cells

... shell surrounding the replicated phage DNA. In the new study... viral components called capsids to DNA at the central nucleus like... arrived at their final phage DNA destination. They ride...
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Once thought to be asexual, single-celled parasites caught in the act

... meaning that bits of DNA from one parent s.. been switched with bits of DNA from the other parent......
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This psychologist explains why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit

... cleared of false confessions since DNA evidence entered U.S. courtrooms, ... 1980s and the introduction of DNA evidence to the justice... waiting for lab results on DNA from the crime...
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University of California CRISPR researchers form drug discovery alliance with pharma giant

... editor CRISPR red to edit DNA blue and yellow strands ... 5 years, UC Berkeleys Jennifer Doudna, a co inventor of the... a dream come true, says Doudna. Weissman, a physicist...
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Using gene editing, neuroscientists develop a new model for autism

... do. CRISPR consists of a DNA cutting enzyme called Cas9 and......
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New gene editor harnesses jumping genes for precise DNA integration

... genes to reliably insert any DNA sequence into the genome without cutting DNA. Current gene editing tools rely on cutting DNA, but those cuts can... like molecular scissors they cut...
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How the cell protects itself

... material in the form of DNA; and the cytoplasm, where... In the cell nucleus, the DNA that contains the blueprint... type of transcripts of the DNA, the snRNA. The...
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Identifying colorectal cancer subtypes could lead to improved treatment decisions

... comprehensive research efforts to characterize DNA, RNA and germline DNA in colon cancer. This......