A study shows how a single gene in Atlantic salmon can dramatically influence the timing of puberty -- a key factor for salmon life cycle and survival. A study carried out at the University of ...

Whereas most prokaryotes rely on binary fission for propagation, many species use alternative mechanisms, which include multiple offspring formation and budding, to reproduce. In some bacterial ...

A Perth mother who lost two children to an extremely rare medical condition is calling for mandatory genetic testing for children who die of unknown causes. Danielle Green's baby Sonny was just nine ...

Movies, acquired by time-lapse microscopy, provide a powerful way to analyse the dynamics of genetic circuits at the level of individual cells. The combination of time-lapse microscopy, quantitative ...