Apple orchards, apple bobbing and Johnny Appleseed are as American as, well, apple pie. Apples are the pinnacle of American fruit. The reflective red skin encases the apple like Christmas wrapping, and is seen as a respectable gift to be given to any grade school teacher – so long as the proverbial worm is not […]
Genome mapping confirms that the oldest living species of flowering plant is still, without a doubt, one of the sexiest, as well as hungriest, around. Don’t blame it on the rain — blame it on the Amborella trichopoda’s organelles and mitochondrial DNA. The Amborella trichopoda is a woody shrub with an ancient lineage. Its habitat […]
There is a second hidden code stowed away in our DNA, genome scientists have recently discovered. This secondary code stores information that affects the way the DNA instructions are read. This may help molecular geneticists understand how mutations are a factor in the diagnosis and treatment of certain diseases. Dr. John Stamatoyannopoulos, An associate professor of genome […]
