Collaboration between the UCO's Agronomy and Genetics departments was key to sequencing the genome of this pathogen, which is responsible for losses of up to €50 million per year. Cercospora leaf spot ...

Meg Staton, left, associate professor of bioinformatics and computational genomics in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, and Scott Schlarbaum, director of the UT Tree Improvement ...

A research team led by the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have developed a method to accurately and efficiently read DNA containing non-standard bases—a task once thought too ...

According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, one in five people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can help reduce this risk and early ...

A closeup of a black and orange monarch butterfly on the sunlit zinnia flowers blurred background© Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock.com Animals are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate.

A new genomic study has unlocked the genetic secrets behind the breeding of flowering Chinese cabbage—a popular leafy vegetable in Asian cuisine. By analyzing the DNA of over 400 cabbage varieties, ...

Twenty-five years ago this week, President Bill Clinton stood before a podium in the East Room of the White House, and, in front of an all-star lineup of researchers and dignitaries, made a historic ...

In a groundbreaking scientific achievement, researchers have successfully decoded the DNA of the giant moa, a bird that roamed New Zealand before its extinction hundreds of years ago. This discovery, ...

The new round of industrial revolution requires a significant transformation in the mode of materials research and development. Materials genome engineering, aimed at accelerating the R&D of new ...

In 1995, with the Human Genome Project underway, sequencing was all the rage. Scientists working on the project cloned short fragments of the whole genome and used Sanger sequencing to determine the ...