Using single-cell RNA sequencing, we mapped thousands of expression quantitative trait loci in yeast, including a variant in GPA1 that influences gene expression, cell-cycle occupancy, and mating ...

A research team using EST-SSR molecular marker technology reveals vital information on the genetic diversity and structure of nine natural populations of Phoebe bournei, providing a scientific ...

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have studied the impact of two brain areas on the nature of memory content.

"Many questions went through my head about what I had previously learned concerning genetics," breeder Albert Bos told ...

After every meal, the intestines perform an action called peristalsis - moving food through their hollow interiors with coordinated contractions and relaxations of the smooth muscle.

A neural change in butterflies alters mating preferences, influencing evolution through genetic and sensory mechanisms.

In a nutshell Butterflies choose mates based on vision, not scent or chance. Heliconius cydno butterflies are biologically ...

A simple neural change alters mating preferences in male butterflies, aiding rapid behavioral evolution, Nicholas VanKuren and Nathan Buerkle at the University of Chicago, US, and colleagues, report ...

Chinese scientists have uncovered two major genes responsible for sorghum's double-grain spikelet that dramatically enhance ...

Male butterflies seek out mates with the same wing color as they find them more attractive, reveals new research. Genetics, ...