However, consistent with our parent-of-origin association data, we went on to show that LRRTM1 is downregulated on the maternally inherited chromosome, and is therefore a newly identified ...

Maternally inherited symbionts are common in arthropods and many have important roles in host adaptation. The observation that specific symbiont lineages infect distantly related host species ...

Group B streptococcus is a common cause of sepsis and meningitis in newborns through 89 days of age. 1,2 The primary risk factor for invasive group B streptococcal disease in newborns is exposure ...

Chen and his colleagues, including David Baulcombe at the University of Cambridge, provide the first genetic evidence that seed development is controlled by maternally inherited "small interfering ...

Chen and his colleagues, including David Baulcombe at the University of Cambridge, provide the first genetic evidence that seed development is controlled by maternally inherited "small interfering ...

Researchers have developed a technique that could help prevent a number of incurable genetic diseases that affect an estimated one in 6,000 people. The technique targets diseases stemming from ...

New research provides insight about the bedrock scientific principle that mitochondrial DNA - the distinct genetic code embedded in the organelle that serves as the powerplant of every cell in the ...

A decade-long study out of Boise State University claims to have found a correlation between breastfeeding and increased maternal sensitivity over a child’s first 10 years. Published by the ...

OUR FIRST ANIMAL WAS SELKIE. SHE’S A MATERNALLY DEPENDENT GRAY SEAL PUP, SO THIS MEANS THAT SHE JUST LEFT MOM PREMATURELY AND SHE JUST DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO THRIVE ON HER OWN AND BE A SEAL.