Cannabis has 20 chromosomes. I suspect readers might be bothered by being talked to about chromosomes right off the bat. I am ...

Researchers at Aarhus University have demonstrated that a simple adjustment to water filtration methods can dramatically improve the detection of marine animal DNA when using advanced, PCR-free ...

In the process of replicating themselves, cells have another choice: do they want to make an identical copy and be left with two cells? Or do they want to make four “half-copies”, in preparation for ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has become impossible to ignore. The standard sperm-meets-egg story posits ...

Mutations arise randomly during a plant’s life cycle. Most often they are transient, unless they occur in founder cells, such as stem cells and gametes. In long-lived, vegetatively propagated ...

These repositories of life at the NUS Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum and Mandai Wildlife Reserve contain just traces of these animals. Their cells and tissues, stored at sub-zero temperatures, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A few hours after taking the oath of office Monday, President Donald Trump issued an ...

pptx, 1.09 MB docx, 13.35 KB docx, 16.92 KB docx, 15.61 KB This engaging and fully-resourced lesson explores how genetic drift can arise after a population bottleneck or as a result of the Founder ...

This fundamental study reports the deep evolutionary conservation of a core genetic program regulating spermatogenesis in flies, mice, and humans. Convincing data were presented and supported the main ...

Queer Nature celebrates the astonishing diversity of plants – and looks at how they have inspired LGBTQ+ groups. Our writer enters a world of bisexual flowers and asexual trees The Ruizia mauritiana ...