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Crops increasingly need to thrive in a broader range of conditions, including drought, salinity, and heat. Traditional plant ...

Clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease risk. A study published September 2 nd in the open-access journal ...

Researchers have conducted the most comprehensive analysis to date linking plasma proteins to genetic variation in ...

Genome assemblies from 65 individuals, representing a variety of the world’s populations, are advancing the scientific exploration of complex genetic structural variation. Structural variations are ...

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Genetics play a role in low testosterone for some men, but underlying causes vary widely. Many genes influence testosterone ...

In Mendelian inheritance patterns, you receive one version of a gene, called an allele, from each parent. These alleles can be dominant or recessive. Non-Mendelian genetics don’t completely follow ...

UNL researchers are linking cattle genetics and rumen microbes to find ways to cut methane losses and boost feed efficiency ...