The tallest plants alive today can grow to over 100 meters tall. But they evolved from ancestors that were just a few centimeters high. Exactly how they got so big is uncertain, but new research on a ...

1 Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, China 2 National Resource Center for Chinese Meteria Medica, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical ...

Background Endometriosis is a debilitating gynaecological disorder with an elusive pathogenesis. While gut microbiota dysbiosis has been implicated, the causal role of gut-peritoneum microbial ...

Critically Endangered orangutans are highly threatened by habitat loss, alteration and fragmentation of their habitat, and poaching. As the human footprint expands further into orangutan habitat, ...

When couples have trouble conceiving a baby or lose a pregnancy, they often undergo routine tests, which can turn up a shock: One of the prospective parents may be missing a chromosome. The most ...

Scientists from Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo), Japan, have mapped the mechanism by which the DAY-LENGTH-DEPENDENT DELAYED-GREENING1 (DLDG1) protein influences non-photochemical quenching.

Translocations are chromosomal “cut and paste” errors that drive many lymphomas, a type of blood cancer and the sixth most common form of cancer overall. This includes mantle cell lymphoma, a rare but ...

Translocations are chromosomal "cut and paste" errors that drive many lymphomas, a type of blood cancer and the sixth most common form of cancer overall. This includes mantle cell lymphoma, a rare but ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. The translocation of DNA in polymerase (Pol) enzymes is a critical step for ...

Millions of wild animals and plants are displaced every year – injured in floods and fires, seized from illegal trade or driven from their habitats by expanding development. Yet there has been little ...