GENETICS
Genetics is the study of genes, heredity, and how traits are passed from one generation to the next. RathBiotaClan covers the latest genetics research — from DNA discoveries and gene editing to genomics, inheritance, and the molecular basis of life.
Parents Blame Lip-Ties for Nursing Struggles, But Study Highlights Maternal Experience
A study of 264 mother-infant pairs found no association between the anatomical features of a newborn's upper lip frenulum the...
Stanford Geneticist Warned Humans Are Getting Dumber
Gerald Crabtree, a prominent geneticist at Stanford University, made a startling claim. If an average citizen from Athens around 1000...
The Y Chromosome Has Several Male-Specific Genes
The sequence of the human genome has significantly extended our understanding of the role of the sex chromosomes. It is...
Fruit Fly Study Challenges 20-Year Epigenetics Theory on Cell Memory
A new study from Umeå University is shaking up 20+ years of thinking in biology. Scientists have long believed a...
“Alien DNA”? The Viral Sequences That Became Part of the Human Genome
Headlines call it alien. Scientists call it horizontal gene transfer. What the latest genomic research actually reveals is far more...
Mouse Satellite DNA: How Mammalian Satellites Form Hierarchical Repeats
In mammals, as typified by various rodent species, the sequences comprising each satellite show appreciable divergence between tandem repeats. Researchers...
Whole Brain Emulation Achieved: Scientists Run a Fruit Fly Brain in Simulation
Scientists have copied an entire biological brain neuron by neuron and synapse by synapse and made it control a simulated...
Humpback whale sexual selection shifts as populations recover from whaling
Humpback whale sexual selection is undergoing a profound transformation as populations recover from decades of commercial whaling, according to a...
Early Aromatic Amino Acids in LUCA Proteins Hint at Chaotic Genetic Code Origins And Alien Ocean Chemistry
New Evidence Suggests We May Have Been Wrong About The Origin of Life. Looking back roughly four billion years to...
Aging-Associated Mitochondrial Circular RNAs Regulate Cellular Senescence
The study was led by first author Hyejin Mun at the University of Oklahoma, with Je-Hyun Yoon (University of Oklahoma)...
POPULAR NEWS
Chewing gum releases thousands of microplastic particles directly into your mouth with every piece you chew
Microplastics are turning up in places researchers never expected: deep-sea sediments, Arctic ice, and human blood. Now, a UCLA pilot...
New Studys Says Gen Z is the least sexually active young cohort in modern recorded history
A generation that grew up with dating apps in their pockets, pornography a tap away, and sex discussed more openly...
Yelling Isn’t Just Yelling: How a Hostile Home Rewires a Child’s Brain for Constant Alert
To a parent in the heat of the moment, a raised voice may feel like simple frustration. To a child...
Is Gen Z the First Generation Less Intelligent Than Their Parents?
Gen Z intelligence decline is emerging as a serious concern among neuroscientists and education researchers. For over a century, each...
Whole Brain Emulation Achieved: Scientists Run a Fruit Fly Brain in Simulation
Scientists have copied an entire biological brain neuron by neuron and synapse by synapse and made it control a simulated...
EDITOR CHOICE‘S
Step-Synchronized Brain Stimulation Reduces Falls in Small Parkinson’s Trial
Researchers have reported encouraging results from a small feasibility study testing a new form of adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS)...
A Father’s Touch in Infancy Can Shape a Child’s Health for Years, New Science Explains Why
A study from Penn State University has revealed something startling beneath that simplicity those early interactions carry biological consequences that...
South Asian Patients Have Been Left Out of Cancer Genomics for Decades & MutExpress-India Is Changing That
The databases that underpin modern cancer genomics have a geography problem. The gnomAD database the gold standard for allele frequency...
Biodiversity Loss Could Bankrupt Nations And Wall Street Hasn’t Noticed Yet
Every year, governments borrow trillions of dollars to function. The interest rate they pay depends almost entirely on their credit...
