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Single-allele nanoscale mapping of regulatory variants - Nature Genetics
3+ hour, 26+ min ago (1633+ words) Nature Genetics (2026) Cite this article a, Schematic of the MCCv platform including: nanoscale chromatin structure, the regulatory landscape of the locus and phasing of other alleles in the locus. b, Schematic of the MCCv method. Oligonucleotide probes are designed over…...
Monte Carlo Sampling Offers Faster Route to Genomic Prediction Accuracy in
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (74+ words) Every breeding program runs on a quiet promise: that the numbers attached to each plant or animal, the estimated genetic values that decide which lines move forward and which are discarded, actually mean something. Measuring how much those numbers can…...
Epigenetics Is Not the Anti-Reductionist Savior Science Hoped For,
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (67+ words) Epigenetics has long been celebrated as the discipline that would finally free biology from the shackles of genetic determinism. By studying chemical modifications that regulate gene activity without altering the underlying DNA sequence, researchers hoped to capture the dynamic interplay…...
Hidden Math Cap in AI Blood Cell Models Revealed by New Study
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (817+ words) A tiny mathematical ceiling buried inside one of machine learning’s most trusted tools for ordered classification could quietly stop an artificial intelligence from ever recognizing the rarest, most dangerous cells in a blood sample....
Peer Bork, computational biology pioneer who mapped life’s networks, dies
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (734+ words) The global life sciences community is mourning Peer Bork, the visionary computational biologist whose work helped define an entire discipline and whose influence stretched from protein networks to the microbes of Europe’s coastlines....
Leech Genome Study Maps the Full Arsenal of Antithrombotic Genes in the
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (721+ words) The Asian buffalo leech, Hirudinaria manillensis, has long been prized in traditional medicine across Southeast Asia, but its real value to modern science lies in a chemical arsenal that evolution spent millions of years perfecting....
ISTA Study Finds Bacteria Use Viruses for Sex-Like DNA Exchange During
5+ hour, 26+ min ago (573+ words) Researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have identified a mechanism in the gut bacterium Escherichia coli that resembles a primitive form of sexual reproduction....
Sainfoin Genes Reveal Gibberellin Role in Seed Germination
6+ hour, 5+ min ago (551+ words) Researchers at Gansu Agricultural University have completed a comprehensive genome-wide analysis of the GID1 gene family in sainfoin, a leguminous plant prized for its high nutritional value and unique ability to prevent bloat in ruminant livestock....
AgroNetica developing gene-edited cacao with improved disease resistance
10+ hour, 34+ min ago (575+ words) Agri-tech start-up AgroNetica has announced plans to advance toward commercial deployment of a transgene-free, gene-edited cacao with improved disease resistance, aiming to tackle one of the cocoa supply chain’s biggest challenges. AgroNetica is a US-based subsidiary of BetterSeeds, an agri-tech…...
Lupin Leaf Extract Triggers Oxidative Stress and Enzyme Collapse in Two
6+ hour, 38+ min ago (674+ words) Aqueous leaf extract of Lupinus termis, the white lupin familiar to farmers and gardeners across the Mediterranean region, has emerged as a surprisingly potent chemical weapon against two widespread agricultural weeds. In a study published in Plant Biosystems, a research…...