Melon Sweetness Is Built From Many Small Genetic Steps, Study Finds
A new genetic study shows that melon fruit sweetness arises from the additive effects of multiple loci rather than a ...
Tag: quantitative trait loci
New Genetic Map Reveals Where Hybrid Vigor Shapes Maize Height
A modified North Carolina Design III mapping study in maize has identified 14 major QTLs and new candidate genes underlying ...
Scientists Home In on the Genes That Decide How Many Kernels Fill a Row of Corn
An integrated genetic mapping study in a 530-line multi-parent maize population has prioritized four candidate genes controlling kernel number per ...
Scientists pinpoint genes that shape how long a cow stays pregnant
A genome-wide association study of 34,497 German Holstein cows has identified variants on bovine chromosomes 14, 18, and 19 associated ...
How Scientists Are Cracking Wheat’s Toughest Disease With Two Powerful Resistance Genes
A new review details the five types of wheat resistance to Fusarium head blight, the cloned genes Fhb1 and Fhb7, ...
Cucumber Flavor Genetics Cracked: Hundreds of Aroma Genes Mapped Across the Genome
A multi-population QTL mapping study has identified 284 loci and two major stable clusters governing the volatile compounds behind cucumber's ...
Perennial Sorghum Study Maps Exploratory Genomic Signals Behind Rhizome Growth
A genome-wide association study of diploid perennial sorghum identifies seven exploratory genomic signals for rhizome development while emphasizing that none ...
Rice Genome Study Pinpoints Shared DNA Hotspots for Toxic Metal Stress
An integrative genomics study has consolidated hundreds of rice metal-stress QTLs into 79 high-confidence intervals and 98 candidate genes, revealing ...
One Tube, Six Genes: Multiplex PCR Speeds Up Climate-Resilient Rice Breeding
Indian researchers have developed a cost-effective multiplex PCR assay that simultaneously tracks five rice genes for bacterial blight resistance, blast ...
Massive Immune Cell Atlas Traces How Genetic Variants Drive Disease From Chromatin to Gene Expression
Researchers have built a population-scale single-cell atlas of ten million immune cells that traces how disease variants act through chromatin ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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