Introduction: Chromatin accessibility is broadly implicated in plant abiotic stress responses; nevertheless, its role under cold stress in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) remains largely unexplored ...

Introduction: Folate is crucial for various biological processes, and deficiencies during pregnancy are linked to increased risk for neural tube defects and neurodevelopmental disorders. As a ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has become impossible to ignore. The standard sperm-meets-egg story posits ...

The transition from simple chemistry to the complex biology of molecules that gave rise to life is a puzzle that scientists have been trying to solve for ages. A new study suggests that conditions on ...

RNA is usually portrayed as a molecule that works deep inside the cell, helping to turn genetic information into proteins. But new research led by Utrecht University scientist Jack Li shows that RNA ...

With a new generation of fast and affordable gene sequencers, researchers are better equipped than ever to tackle Earth’s most pressing ecological challenges Sometimes, when the wind blows in the ...

How life begins remains an unsolved question. One key component might be RNA, a molecular cousin of DNA found in every form of life on Earth, and now scientists say they have shown how it could have ...