After 10 years in development, a novel mouse population proves its mettle in complex trait research.
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After 10 years in development, a novel mouse population proves its mettle in complex trait research.
Despite suggestions to the contrary, the Y chromosome is not necessarily rotting away.
A roundup of recent research announced last weekend at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Fruit flies consume alcohol to kill off parasites.
Designing the simplest possible living organism artificially may lend clues as to what life is.
Researchers develop a tiny device that motors around the stomach, fueled by its acidic environment.
Starvation paired with cancer drugs slowed or stopped unchecked cell growth in yeast and mouse models of cancer, outpacing or matching the isolated effects of chemo.
A single mutant cell breaks free of its neighbors in the early stages of cancer development.
Research in yeast shows that aneuploidy is both a consequence of and an adaptation to stress.
Populations of organisms acquire beneficial traits repeatedly and rapidly through co-evolution with other species and through gene interaction.