Bee appearance and behavior may be related, genetic study reveals
The findings will be used to help researchers determine how traits, characteristics and color impact behavior.
Viral proteins join forces to lower plants’ defense ‘shields’
New research into how viral proteins interact and can be disabled holds promise to help plants defend themselves against viruses -- and ultimately prevent...
How environment and genomes interact in plant development
A new study could help to breed more resilient crops as well as shed light on mechanisms that play a critical role in plant...
Scientists identify new genus and species of legume, now mysteriously extinct
Researchers have described a new legume tree from flowers embedded in several lumps of amber recovered from deep within an amber mine in the...
Plants: RNA notes to self
Plants need an internal communication system to coordinate their development and growth. Within a plant, cells message each other with pieces of RNA. A...
Study challenges evolutionary theory that DNA mutations are random
Researchers have found that DNA mutations are not random. This changes our understanding of evolution and could one day help researchers breed better crops...
Scientists uncover the distribution and physiological role of planteose
The findings of this study are intended to aid botanists who specialize in crop protection in better understanding the distribution of planteose throughout the...
New method to complete genetic data
Genome sequencing is now much cheaper than it was, but still accounts for a large part of the costs in animal and plant breeding....
New grafting technique could combat the disease threatening Cavendish bananas
Scientists have found a novel way to combine two species of grass-like plant including banana, rice and wheat, using embryonic tissue from their seeds....
Team succeeds in culturing the pygmy zebra octopus
Researchers report culturing methods for the pygmy zebra octopus, an emerging laboratory research organism.
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