A putative ion channel integral to mammalian hearing turns out to be an elusive salt-sensing chemoreceptor in nematode worms.
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A putative ion channel integral to mammalian hearing turns out to be an elusive salt-sensing chemoreceptor in nematode worms.
The majority of human melanomas contain mutations in a gene promoter, suggesting mutations in regulatory regions may spur some cancers.
As wolves became domesticated, their genes adapted to a starch-rich diet of human leftovers.
A variety of genetic strategies to counter insect-borne diseases are close to maturity.
Scientists uncover the identities of anonymous DNA donors using freely available web searches.
Researchers identify a chromosome in ants that influences colony social structure and, much like the mammalian Y sex chromosome, doesn’t recombine.
Reprogrammed stem cells are not attacked by the immune system, or are they?
Despite decades of work, compounds in frog skins have failed to yield new antibiotics. Why?
Comparing gene transcripts from different species reveals surprising splicing diversity.
Sequencing the whole genomes of bacterial pathogens as they spread among hospital patients and health care workers could transform the control of infectious disease.