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Category: Genetics and Heredity

The Effect of Exercise on Your Genes
Biology Genetics and Heredity Health

The Effect of Exercise on Your Genes

August 25, 2021March 3, 2025

Genes can be expressed in different ways, and new research suggests that exercise has a positive impact on gene expression and your health.

Giant Virus Evolution Key to New Medical Nanotechnology
Biology Genetics and Heredity

Giant Virus Evolution Key to New Medical Nanotechnology

June 14, 2021December 23, 2024

Research into the evolution of giant viruses is helping scientists to understand and harness the viruses for innovative medical nanotechnology.

What was the wild ancestor of cattle?
Genetics and Heredity Zoology

What was the wild ancestor of cattle?

April 9, 2021May 3, 2021

Cattle were first domesticated around 10,500 years ago, but today there are no wild cattle. What was the wild ancestor of the cow?

Nests, Neurons, and the Evolution of Behavior
Biology Genetics and Heredity

Nests, Neurons, and the Evolution of Behavior

April 8, 2021January 29, 2024

Evolution is a beautiful process. We tend to appreciate its elegance most when looking backward into deep time, to our distant ancestors, or to dinosaurs.

One Million Volunteers Could One Day Revolutionize Medicine
Citizen Science Genetics and Heredity Health

One Million Volunteers Could One Day Revolutionize Medicine

April 2, 2021August 11, 2021

NIH program promises to revolutionize medicine and cure some of the nation’s deadliest diseases. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers are needed.

Is Depression In Our Genes?
Biology Genetics and Heredity Health

Is Depression In Our Genes?

March 31, 2021July 10, 2023

Scientists suspect there is a biological basis for depression–it may even be coded for in our DNA. is depression in our genes?

Plant DNA shared through horizontal genome transfer
Botany Genetics and Heredity

Plant DNA shared through horizontal genome transfer

February 17, 2021November 22, 2021

We now know more about plant DNA and how plants share genetic material with one another. Welcome to the horizontal genome transfer!

Predictive Power of Biomarkers in Pediatric ICU
Biology Genetics and Heredity Health

Predictive Power of Biomarkers in Pediatric ICU

January 6, 2021April 2, 2021

Biomarkers allow doctors to detect kidney malfunction earlier, and have the potential to change how we test and treat diseases in the future.

Unravel DNA with Citizen Science
Citizen Science Genetics and Heredity SciStarter Blog

Unravel DNA with Citizen Science

March 27, 2020June 20, 2023

You can help collect data for studies of DNA by mailing researchers your dog’s saliva, samples of the forest floor, and even spiny anteater scat.

Asthma, Genetics, and the Environment
Environment Genetics and Heredity Health

Asthma, Genetics, and the Environment

January 8, 2020June 20, 2023

By Emily Folk The relationship between asthma and genetics has evaded scientists for years. Researchers are still unraveling clues today,…

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