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Reproduction
Reproduction: is the biological process by which new individual organisms - "offspring" - are produced from their "parents". Reproduction is a fundamental feature of all known life; each individual organism exists as the result of reproduction. There are two forms of reproduction: asexual and sexual.
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An image by Wang Qiang shows a mouse that carries two chromosomes fused together, the first engineered karyotype in mice ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 18, 2022Genetics & Genomics
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SEP 05, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Wang Qiang shows a mouse that carries two chromosomes fused together, the first engineered karyotype in mice
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome holds thousands of genes, and gene expression has to be carefully controlled in cells; the right gene m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2022
Health & Medicine
The most comprehensive analysis of menstrual changes following a Covid-19 vaccination has revealed that its recipients e
...
Written By:
Joshua Aeh
JUL 24, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Human egg cells, called oocytes, have to last a long time. They are created before birth, and they stay viable for many
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2022
Health & Medicine
Extreme summer heat is miserable for all of us, but new research is finding it may be especially dangerous for pregnant
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
JUL 12, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sperm and egg cells, or gametes, are unusual. Egg cells are some of the largest cell types, and sperm are some of the sm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2022
Health & Medicine
Around the age of 30, a woman's fertility begins declining. A factor in age-related infertility may be ovarian fibro
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
JUN 30, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Rising temperatures in Antarctica could endanger the only insect native to the frozen continent. Researchers at the Univ
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
JUN 16, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Humans carry 46 chromosomes. We get one from each parent, making 22 pairs of autosomal chromosomes, and one pair of sex
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Genes hold the recipe for proteins, which are made of amino acids. DNA only has four letters, or nucleotides, and each s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
In another advance for CRISPR technology, researchers have devised a way to edit genes in insects, including cockroaches
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2022
Microbiology
Bacteria, also known as microbes, get a bad rap. We’re all taught that bacteria are bad, and we need to do what&rs
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 13, 2022
Health & Medicine
A hole in the forehead of an old skull from northwest Alabama may not seem significant, but this is no ordinary hole. Th
...
Written By:
Joshua Aeh
APR 27, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Asthma is a disease characterized by difficulty breathing, and an asthma attack can bring on bouts of coughing and wheez
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
APR 22, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Prokaryotic cells, which include all bacteria and archaea, are ancient, and relatively simple compared to eukaryotic cel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 17, 2022
Neuroscience
Bacteria in the gut can have a powerful effect on the physiology of the host, including aspects of immunity and neurobio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2022
Health & Medicine
Previous studies have linked shift work, work outside of typical daytime hours, to health problems like cardiovascular d
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
MAR 22, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
A wide array of technologies have converged to make genetic testing of embryos possible. But this practice is now expand
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
In life, animals have to be able to adapt their priorities, sometimes in critical situations, or to change focus from on
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Almost half of bald and golden eagles in the U.S. have lead poisoning. In the largest comprehensive study of lead poison
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
FEB 24, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
When we think of evolutionary changes, we tend to consider long stretches of time. But can evolution happen rapidly? The
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2022
Microbiology
Microbes can be found living nearly anywhere on earth, including inside the human body. The microbiome of various parts
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Germ cells are not like most other cell types, because they are able to undergo meiosis to produce gametes as well as mi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2022
Health & Medicine
Does the COVID-19 vaccine affect menstrual cycle regularity? This question has been popular in the mediaand on
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz