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Plant Breeding
Plant breeding: is the technique of altering the traits of plants in order to produce desired characteristics. New crop varieties or lines with interesting properties are then created. It has been used to improve the quality of nutrition in products for humans and animals.
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SEP 18, 2019Genetics & Genomics
By 2050, the UN has estimated that wheat production needs to increase by 60% in order to feed the world’s populati ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 17, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can carry dangerous diseases like malaria that could lead to serious health consequences or even death, espec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2019Plants & Animals
If you have a deep love for animals, then it can sometimes be difficult to contain yourself when a pair of newborn giant ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 19, 2019Plants & Animals
If we were ever to send humans to Mars for a long-term or permanent visit, then it’d be essential that we develop ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 12, 2019Plants & Animals
You’ve undoubtedly heard of something called ‘Hay Fever.’ This term effectively describes the allergy- ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 11, 2019Plants & Animals
This past week has been an exceptionally thrilling one for staff at the Belgian Pairi Daiza zoo. A female giant panda th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 05, 2019Microbiology
Dogs can get different kinds of cancers, including one that is transmitted by live cancer cells, which spread through se ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2019Plants & Animals
Millions of years before the dawn of humankind, dinosaurs walked the Earth. While they aren’t around today to tell ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 25, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Wolves and dogs share 99.9% of their DNA. Technically still the same species, they can also produce healthy offspring. B ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 22, 2019Cancer
New research published in the Nature journal, Communications Biology, shows evidence for a comparative study that scient ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 10, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The companionship between dogs and humans is like no other. Known as ‘man’s best friend’, countless re ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 09, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Agriculture has valued the production of a handful of staple foods, and genetic diversity among our crops has declined, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2019Earth & The Environment
Research published in the journal Nature Climate Change confirms what scientists and residents of the world have been ob ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 24, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR tool has been modified and refined since it was invented, and now scientists have created another way to use ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2019Health & Medicine
Deep in the Pamir Mountains in western China, it appears that ancient communities, dating back as far as 500 B.C., may h ...JUN 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Maize, commonly known as corn, was first domesticated from a grass species called teosinte, almost 9,000 years ag ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaJUN 02, 2019Plants & Animals
Giant pandas are one of the world’s most distinct animal species; their black and white fur patterns make them par ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 30, 2019Genetics & Genomics
As of 2017, there were 87 countries where malaria was being transmitted by mosquitoes, and it killed around 435,000 peop ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 25, 2019Genetics & Genomics
As the world continues to warm, scientists are learning more about how climate change will affect the organisms living o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2019Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes many of the world's sea turtles as being endang ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 14, 2019Microbiology
Iowa officials have confirmed multiple cases of canine brucellosis, which can be transmitted to humans from dogs.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2019Cannabis Sciences
With increases in marijuana production, a particular problem has begun to emerge: mold. Cannabis is actually very suscep ...Written By: Amy LoriauxMAY 12, 2019Plants & Animals
The kakapo parrot (Strigops habroptilus), recognized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a c ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 08, 2019Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes the California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) as ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 18, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
By 2050, the UN has estimated that wheat production needs to increase by 60% in order to feed the world’s populati
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 17, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can carry dangerous diseases like malaria that could lead to serious health consequences or even death, espec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2019
Plants & Animals
If you have a deep love for animals, then it can sometimes be difficult to contain yourself when a pair of newborn giant
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 19, 2019
Plants & Animals
If we were ever to send humans to Mars for a long-term or permanent visit, then it’d be essential that we develop
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 12, 2019
Plants & Animals
You’ve undoubtedly heard of something called ‘Hay Fever.’ This term effectively describes the allergy-
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
This past week has been an exceptionally thrilling one for staff at the Belgian Pairi Daiza zoo. A female giant panda th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 05, 2019
Microbiology
Dogs can get different kinds of cancers, including one that is transmitted by live cancer cells, which spread through se
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2019
Plants & Animals
Millions of years before the dawn of humankind, dinosaurs walked the Earth. While they aren’t around today to tell
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 25, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Wolves and dogs share 99.9% of their DNA. Technically still the same species, they can also produce healthy offspring. B
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 22, 2019
Cancer
New research published in the Nature journal, Communications Biology, shows evidence for a comparative study that scient
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 10, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The companionship between dogs and humans is like no other. Known as ‘man’s best friend’, countless re
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 09, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Agriculture has valued the production of a handful of staple foods, and genetic diversity among our crops has declined,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Research published in the journal Nature Climate Change confirms what scientists and residents of the world have been ob
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 24, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR tool has been modified and refined since it was invented, and now scientists have created another way to use
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2019
Health & Medicine
Deep in the Pamir Mountains in western China, it appears that ancient communities, dating back as far as 500 B.C., may h
...
JUN 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Maize, commonly known as corn, was first domesticated from a grass species called teosinte, almost 9,000 years ag
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JUN 02, 2019
Plants & Animals
Giant pandas are one of the world’s most distinct animal species; their black and white fur patterns make them par
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 30, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
As of 2017, there were 87 countries where malaria was being transmitted by mosquitoes, and it killed around 435,000 peop
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
As the world continues to warm, scientists are learning more about how climate change will affect the organisms living o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2019
Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes many of the world's sea turtles as being endang
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 14, 2019
Microbiology
Iowa officials have confirmed multiple cases of canine brucellosis, which can be transmitted to humans from dogs.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
With increases in marijuana production, a particular problem has begun to emerge: mold. Cannabis is actually very suscep
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
MAY 12, 2019
Plants & Animals
The kakapo parrot (Strigops habroptilus), recognized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a c
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 08, 2019
Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes the California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) as
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard