Dr. Christiane Ritz from the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History in Görlitz and Dr. Aleš Kovařík from the Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences has achieved a significant ...

Animals, from worms and sponges to jellyfish and whales, contain anywhere from a few thousand to tens of trillions of nearly ...

LINE-1, a "jumping gene" making up 20% of the genome, invades DNA during cell division using protein-RNA clusters, offering ...

Hyperspectral imaging has provided an insight into how cells organize and prioritize organelle growth.

somatic mutations can contribute to the germ line more easily as flowers develop at the end of branches composed of somatic cells; polyploidy is more common; and plants additionally contain ...

Cells perfectly divide genetic material using a complex machine. New research reveals a chemical tag on a key protein in this ...

At +2000 as of June 16, the San Francisco 49ers aren't among the favorites to win the Super Bowl this season. The 49ers failed to qualify for the postseason a year ago after going 6-11. They ...

Many plant products eaten daily in human diets — such as potato or banana — are polyploid and are notoriously difficult to breed. In this study, the fusion of clonal gametes from distinct ...