Mitotic cell division in unicellular organisms such as bacteria or yeast produces identical sister cells that are also identical to the mother cell. But in multicellular plants, sister cells are different from each other and usually also from the...

Eukaryotic genetics encompasses the study of heredity in multicellular and unicellular organisms the have a true nucleus with a defined nuclear membrane. Accordingly, eukaryotic genetics excludes the study of prokaryotes (e.g., bacteria). The cells of...

The study of the molecular processes underlying gene structure and...

Molecular genetics is the field of biology which studies the structure and function of genes at a molecular level. The field studies how the genes are transferred from generation to generation. Molecular genetics employs the methods of genetics and...

Genes, mutations, family patterns contribute to complex recipe Philadelphia - Understanding the clinical behavior and the biological mechanisms of malignant melanoma in its earlier stages may be the key to developing optimal treatment and management strategies for this deadly skin cancer. To...

Dominique de Vienne (Ed.). Molecular Markers in Plant Genetics and Biotechnology. Pp. xii + 235, many text figures. U.S.A.: Science Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 699, Enfield, New Hampshire 03748, www. scipub.net, 2003. Price: US$79.00. ISBN 1-57808-239-0 (hardback). Modern plant biologists are lucky people....

Researchers at the University of Florida and The Jackson Laboratory in Maine say they used gene therapy to restore sight in mice with achromatopsia, a form of hereditary blindness that also strikes humans.In a paper published online in Tuesday's edition of Nature Medicine, the Florida...

Scientists have the first evidence that those "reprogrammed stem cells" that made headlines last month really have the potential to treat disease: They used skin from the tails of sick mice to cure the rodents of sickle cell anemia.At issue: Turning adult cells into ones...