Genetics
Genetics
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Understanding the Brazilian genome
Researchers launched an initiative with the aim of mapping the genome of 15,000 Brazilians aged 35–74
By Redação
Molecular biology
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Sugarcane mapped
A team coordinated by Brazilian scientists finds over 370,000 genes when sequencing a commercial cultivar of the plant
Photolab
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Biological engineering
Lab-made vascular cells actively produce a coagulation factor
By Redação
Genetics
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Jacobina controversy
Authors divided over article on the spread of DNA from transgenic Aedes aegypti mosquitoes used in an experiment in Bahia
By Diego Freire
Science reporting
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Explaining complexity
Study mapping genetic influence on same-sex sexual behavior uses novel approach to reporting findings
Pesquisa Fapesp 20 Years
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Legacies of the genome
Magazine followed the evolution of sequencing projects that improved disease diagnosis and led to the development of innovative treatments
Genetics
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Telomere degradation determines lifespan
A study compared how telomeres change over the lifetimes of a variety of animals
By Redação
Genetics
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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
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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
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Healing citrus groves
Startup incubated at Campinas Institute of Agriculture launches innovative treatment for citrus disease
By Suzel Tunes
Genetics
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Monogamy linked to interaction between 24 genes
Researchers found similar gene activity in the monogamous species of different animals
By Redação
Genetics
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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
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Tracking the ancestry of corn
DNA reveals a complex domestication history largely set in Mexico and the Amazon
Biodiversity
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The long life of parrots
Genetic mutations help the turquoise-fronted Amazon parrot live for up to 80 years
By Redação
Ecology
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The fragile DNA of sharks
Overfishing could further decrease the naturally low genetic diversity of some commercially valuable species
By Suzel Tunes
Genetics
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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
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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
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When indigenous people occupied Lagoa Santa
Ancient DNA reveals rapid human colonization of South America 14,000 years ago
Paleontology
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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
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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