Posts Tagged ‘transposons’
‘Invasion’ moved mammals from egg to womb
YALE (US) — More than 100 million years ago, genetic parasites invaded the mammalian genome, changing the uterus in the ancestors of humans and other mammals from egg producers to a home for developing young. Continue…
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Gene coupled to male infertility
STONY BROOK U. (US) — A new role for mitochondria may hold clues to some causes of male infertility and in turn could have potential in the future for use in a male contraceptive. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 29, 2010 17:13 - 2 Comments
Frog genome teeming with ‘jumping genes’
U. ROCHESTER (US)—The spotted green puffer fish, the honeybee, the human—and now add the African clawed frog to the list of more than 175 organisms that have had their genetic information sequenced. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 15, 2009 19:15 - 2 Comments
‘Jumping genes’ use bacteria to go viral
Tn7, which is regularly found in bacterial strains resistant to antibiotics, was originally isolated from E. Coli bacteria, pictured here. (Credit: Jake Jacobs)
Science & Technology - May 20, 2009 15:25 - 0 Comments
Junk DNA not so junky after all
Princeton scientists are probing the genetics of the pond organism Oxytricha, shown here in the process of reproducing. (Credit: Robert Hammersmith)
