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The choice of a “star” model organism for plants is simple: Arabidopsis thaliana easily beats out all others . This…

Male infertility—the inability of sperm cells to fertilize an egg cell—has several causes. if, during fetal development, the testes do…

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People have studied cells for centuries. We know exactly what cells are made of, from their DNA and RNA to…

All living things use DNA or RNA to store genetic information. But eukaryotes are different from bacteria and archaea in…

DNA fingerprinting (also known as DNA profiling or DNA typing) refers to any technique for identifying individuals based on the…

Headaches have many triggers. Muscle tension, nighttime teeth-grinding, stress and anxiety, bright lights, and some food ingredients are just a…

Humans have about 20,000 protein-coding genes. Scientists have found that about 3800 of those genes are continually expressed in all…

Metabolism describes all the chemical reactions in a cell. Because our cells always lose energy as heat, they require constant…

No one knows exactly how growth rates will change in the future, so it is impossible to predict when or…