PLOS Genetics
The impact of plastic chemicals on DNA and reproduction
Phthalate impacts egg formation, leading to wrong chromosome numbers in C. elegans.
Exploring wild yeast flavors in lager beers
Hybrids of wild strains and brewer’s yeast had mutations that enhanced alcohol production.
Nematode worms learn to avoid dangerous bacteria
A bacterial molecule triggers the avoidance behavior, which persists for four generations.
Can kombucha tea mimic the effects of fasting?
The microbes’ ability to alter fat metabolism may explain possible health benefits in humans.
Single-celled protists inside the guts of animals thrive without Mitochondria
Genomic analysis suggests the oxymonad lineage lost their mitochondria about 100 million years ago.
A nematode dormant for 46,000 years in Siberian permafrost revived
Genome analysis shows new nematode species shares molecular toolkit for survival with C. elegans.
Maize tolerance to moderate heat stress has increased
Researchers assess 81 years of public records and over 4,700 maize hybrid varieties.
A study of two new Pictish genomes shows Picts descended from Iron Age British populations
The study provides novel insights into the genetic affinities and population structure of the Picts.
![Red junglefowl are the wild ancestors of the chicken, and the two are known to readily admix. In their study, Wu et al. found evidence of a loss in wild genotype in the red junglefowl across the Anthropocene by comparing contemporary genomes with historic ones from approximately a century ago. In their native range in Southeast Asia, free-roaming red junglefowl exhibit domestic traits indicative of domestic introgression into the wild population (shown here). [Photo Courtesy of Yong Chee Keita Sin]](https://www.techexplorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/wild-red-junglefowl-696x464.jpg "wild-red-junglefowl")
The red junglefowl – the wild ancestor of the chicken – is losing its genetic diversity
DNA from domesticated chickens is tainting genomes of wild red junglefowl
Smart software sniffs sick strain of Salmonella
Dr Nicole Wheeler from the University of Canterbury in collaboration with Associate Professor Paul Gardner from the Helmholtz Institute has developed a smart software to...