Butterfly wings come in many beautiful colors, but little is known about how these colors have come into existence. The evolution of butterfly wings and other colorful structures in nature has remained a mystery even though efforts have been made to determine how these natural wonders have developed. A study recently published in the journal […]
A research team led by scientists from the United States, Canada, Germany and the Czech Republic has sequenced the genome of bread wheat. The investigation started in 2011 and took almost three years to be accomplished due to the long sequence of around 100,000 genes. In comparison with the human genetic code of 20,000 units, […]
The genetics of menarche, the onset of puberty in females, was illuminated in a genome-wide study that found 106 genetic loci that were associated with the age of menarche. The study also showed that genomic imprinting; that is, whether a key genetic factor came from the mother or father, was shown to be important in […]
