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Genomic and metabolomic fingerprints authenticate finfish origins and
7+ min ago (45+ words) The Next Seafood Fraud Detector Could Read a Fish’s DNA—and Its Chemical History Subject of Research: Genomic and metabolomic authentication of finfish aquaculture products by geographic origin and production method Subject of Research: Biology Cite Scienmag News APA MLA…...
Plant RNA Switching Reveals Heat-Tolerance Transcripts Controlled by SIZ1
14+ min ago (65+ words) As rising temperatures threaten plant growth and agricultural productivity, researchers have identified a molecular editing process that helps Arabidopsis seedlings respond to heat. The study, published in Stress Biology, shows that the SUMO E3 ligase SIZ1 influences which ending individual messenger RNA…...
Alpine Yarrow Accessions Reveal Promising Path Toward Sustainable
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (817+ words) An alpine herb traditionally gathered for bitters and liquors may be one step closer to leaving the wild and entering cultivation. Researchers evaluating seven accessions of Achillea erba-rotta subsp. moschata, an aromatic perennial in the daisy family, identified three candidates…...
Live Cell Shapes Reveal How Tissues Choose Their Final Identities
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (862+ words) Cells do not become specialized in a single instant. During development, they gradually change their molecular programs, position, shape, polarity and behavior before reaching a mature identity. A study in Molecular Systems Biology highlights a way to follow that process…...
Orbitrap and FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Compared for Analyzing Dissolved
9+ hour, 31+ min ago (67+ words) A New Mass-Spectrometry Showdown Reveals That “Seeing” Water’s Hidden Chemistry Depends on the Instrument Subject of Research: Molecular analysis of dissolved organic matter using Orbitrap and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry Subject of Research: Chemistry Article Title: Comparison…...
How Design, Modeling, and Spatial Analysis Shape Genomic Selection
12+ hour, 28+ min ago (71+ words) Plant breeders may be able to test far more crop varieties without sacrificing the accuracy of genomic predictions, according to a large simulation study spanning maize, sunflower and oat. The research found that partially replicated field designs—plots in which…...
Barley Cold-Inducible Disordered Protein CISP Acts as a Small RNA Chaperone
15+ hour, 16+ min ago (55+ words) Cold-Induced Barley Protein Helps Plants Keep RNA Unwound in the Deep Cold Subject of Research: The role of the cold-induced barley protein CISP as an RNA chaperone and mediator of cold tolerance Subject of Research: Agriculture Article Title: CISP, an…...
PAX-Regulated Cell Polarity Self-Organizes Procambial Strands in Developing
22+ hour, 40+ min ago (763+ words) Plants Bioengineer.org Plants do not build their vascular systems as randomly distributed pipes Inside developing roots, stems and leaves, cells are arranged into remarkably ordered strands that later mature into the tissues responsible for transporting water, minerals and sugars…...
Three New Chinese Neritidae Mitochondrial Genomes Clarify Their
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (901+ words) A trio of tiny snails collected along China’s coasts and waterways has provided scientists with new genetic clues to one of evolution’s most remarkable ecological stories: how members of the same gastropod family repeatedly moved between the sea, brackish estuaries…...
Study Maps Tobacco MADS-Box Genes and Their Roles in Axillary Bud
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (645+ words) A previously overlooked genetic network may help explain why tobacco plants rapidly produce side shoots after their main growing tip is removed....