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What do you get when you cross yeast and first year biology students?

What do you get when you cross a yeast and first year biology students? Apparently, a very cool undergraduate course and significant scientific innovation! UC Berkeley students who are lucky enough to...

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Rewriting Molecular Biology Textbooks…Again!

Over the past decade, research in the field of epigenetics has revealed that chemically modified bases are abundant components of the human genome and has forced us to abandon the notion we’ve had...

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Where liberal arts meets biology

Students are often faced with with some very contradictory decisions. Liberal arts or natural sciences? English literature or chemistry? The classical educational framework forces students to choose...

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The Ghost in Your Genes

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Polygamy is the key to a sweeter life

Image credit: David TarpyWhen it comes to honey bees, more mates is better. A new study from North Carolina State University, the University of Maryland and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...

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Be happy: Your genes may thank you for it

A good state of mind — that is, your happiness — affects your genes, scientists say. In the first study of its kind, researchers from UCLA’s Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology and the University...

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A Genetic Explanation of Why You May Look More Like Your Mother

We are a product of our parents. Maybe you have your mother’s large, dark eyes, and you inherited your father’s infectious smile. Both parents contribute one copy, or allele, of each gene to their...

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Why Geneticists May Have to Learn Yet Another Language

When talking about genetic abnormalities at the DNA level that occur when chromosomes swap, delete or add parts, there is an evolving communication gap both in the science and medical worlds, leading...

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The Hunt for Unexpected Genetic Heroes

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Health Benefits of Coffee Genetically Dependent

Another day, another study on the health benefits or detriments of habitual coffee drinking. Good for you. Bad for you. Good for your heart, bad for your kidneys. Good for your kidneys, bad for your...

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Revenge of Morgan’s Fruit Flies

In 1933, Thomas H. Morgan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity. Much of his research involved breading...

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