Genetics
Genetics
Telomere degradation determines lifespan
A study compared how telomeres change over the lifetimes of a variety of animals
By Redação
Genetics
The glowing mosquito from Vale do Ribeira
It may be possible to genetically engineer the larvae of disease-causing mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti to make them glow
By Redação
Oncology
Mapped-out risk
Study identifies the genetic profile of Brazilian patients with a rare disease that causes a specific type of thyroid cancer
By Suzel Tunes
Biotechnology
Healing citrus groves
Startup incubated at Campinas Institute of Agriculture launches innovative treatment for citrus disease
By Suzel Tunes
Genetics
Monogamy linked to interaction between 24 genes
Researchers found similar gene activity in the monogamous species of different animals
By Redação
Genetics
Rare paternal inheritance
Researchers found maternal and paternal mitochondrial DNA in the cells of multiple generations of men and women from three different families
By Redação
Archaeogenetics
Tracking the ancestry of corn
DNA reveals a complex domestication history largely set in Mexico and the Amazon
Biodiversity
The long life of parrots
Genetic mutations help the turquoise-fronted Amazon parrot live for up to 80 years
By Redação
Ecology
The fragile DNA of sharks
Overfishing could further decrease the naturally low genetic diversity of some commercially valuable species
By Suzel Tunes
Genetics
Bones of “disappeared” politician identified
The bones belonged to Aluísio Palhano Pedreira Ferreira, a trade union leader from Rio de Janeiro and a member of the Popular Revolutionary Vanguard
By Redação
Genetics
Chinese scientist who claims to have created gene-edited babies suspended
He Jiankui claims to have altered genes using DNA editing technique
By Redação
Archaeogenetics
When indigenous people occupied Lagoa Santa
Ancient DNA reveals rapid human colonization of South America 14,000 years ago
Paleontology
The gregarious habits of an herbivorous reptile
Researchers from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul found an assemblage of fossils from at least six different Dinodontosaurus individuals
By Redação
Archaeology
The origin of chocolate and camouflaged fungus
Artifacts that belonged to native Americans between 5,300 and 2,100 years ago hold the earliest evidence of the domestication and use of cacao
By Redação
illegal capture
DNA helps track ivory traffickers
Genetic studies are helping to shape government policies against international ivory trafficking in the US and Africa
By Redação
Archaeology
Neanderthal mother, Denisovan father
A 13-year-old girl who lived 90,000 years ago in what is now southwestern Siberia is the first described case of a direct descendant of two distinct archaic human groups
By Redação
Genetics
The quest for a universal flu vaccine
Sections of DNA are equal across all strains of the virus, making them good candidates for a potential vaccine against all varieties of influenza
By Redação