Genetics
Careers
A debt paid
Biologist sets up the first neuroproteomics laboratory in Latin America
By Redação
Occupation of the Americas
Amerindian genome
Amerindian genome is sequenced for the first time
By Redação
COVER
The first steps of a new species
Plants and animals differentiate by means of amazing mechanisms
ancient genome
Amerindian with European DNA
Natives of the Americas are closer to Europeans than imagined
By Redação
cooking and biodiesel
More oil in leaves
Mutation may increase oil production of soybean, olive and palm plants
By Redação
Einstein Project
The genome and intelligence
Entrepreneur will sequence the genomes of mathematicians and physicists
By Redação
INFRASTRUCTURE
Address for excellence
Unicamp facility combines modern equipment for research in genomics
Medicine
No breath to catch
Respiratory tract alterations thwart improvement in cases of severe asthma
breeding techniques
Vitamin enriched Manioc
Scientists developed a new variety of cassava, called IAC 6-01
By Redação
BIOCHEMISTRY
The triple helix effect
Triple-stranded DNA may regulate the expression of certain genes
Silviculture
More cellulose per square centimeter
Transgenic eucalyptus has 20% higher productivity than the conventional tree
COVER
The subverted skull
Research that links male facial width to aggressive behavior is challenged
HUMAN EVOLUTION
Traces of miscegenation
Human virus reflects migrations between ethnic groups in the state of Pará
GENETIC IMPROVEMENT
Vitamin Enriched Cassava
More nutritious tubers and beans are available to feed Brazilians
Mycobacterium leprae
Gene favors Hansen’s Disease
Susceptibility to Hansen’s Disease may be associated with gene
What is it?
What is it?
Junk DNA
Marco Antonio Zago
Marco Antonio Zago: Connecting to Society
Marco Antonio Zago: Connecting to Society
By Mariluce Moura and Neldson Marcolin
Selected plants
Transgenic selection
Better development of transgenics in Brazil