As climate change and population growth threaten to destabilize global food security, plant breeders are ramping up efforts to create better, more productive crops. But in order to introduce new traits, breeding techniques typically rely on rare genetic recombination events … Continue reading
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Journal Club: Single gene mutation may boost recombination and help produce better crops
Categories: Agriculture | Genetics | Journal Club | Plant Biology
Tagged agriculture, chromosome, climate change, meiosis, plant breeding, recombination, RECQ4
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Journal Club: Newly found mutation contributes to irregular chromosome number, a major cause of pregnancy loss
When a baby does not make it to term, an irregular number of chromosomes in the embryo is often the root cause. The phenomenon, known as aneuploidy, is surprisingly common: it can be detected in roughly three-quarters of human embryos … Continue reading
Categories: Evolution | Genetics | Journal Club | Reproductive biology
Tagged aneuploidy, chromosome, embryo, fertility, human evolution, in vitro fertilization, natural selection, pregnancy
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