By Nina Agrawal Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starch. A study comparing chimpanzee and human ...

Mature egg cells, or oocytes, are essential for fertilization in assisted reproductive technologies. However, some ‘denuded’ oocytes, or those lacking the protective granulosa cell layer, fail to ...

Pangenomes are collections of annotated genome sequences of multiple individuals of a species. The structural variants ...

Chickpeas, lentils, beans and peas are a fast-growing food market, with new uses going well beyond bean salads and ...

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Here, the author fulfill this knowledge gap and reveal the role of ethylene response factor ERF5 in the regulatory network during grain filling, and starch and protein accumulation. Nutrient ...

The Visking tubing is the selectively permeable membrane. Water moves by osmosis from the high water concentration (dilute solution) in the beaker into the low water concentration (concentrated ...

Crunching Fruit Fly and Human Data Via Machine Learning and Systems Biology Results in the Identification of Key Metabolites That Impact Lifespan in Both Species Oct. 29, 2024 — Discoveries that ...

Oct. 30, 2024 — Young people with severe obesity who underwent weight-loss surgery at age 19 or younger continued to see sustained weight loss and resolution of common obesity-related ...

What makes plants able to not just survive but thrive in cold winter conditions? While many of us need to bundle up just to ...

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