What comes first…the chicken, the egg, or the bad attitude?
...breeders (parents of chickens raised for meat) are happy to shift their nutrients from the growth of their bodies to egg production, but some of them don't do it very willingly. It is not a conscious thing the bird does, but it does express a tendency of that bird to either be generous or to be selfish wit...Gene Bridges And Covalys To Develop Restriction-Enzyme-Free SNAP-tag Gene Fusion Kits
...of SNAP-tag fusion proteins. "We are particularly happy about this collaboration," said Christoph Bieri, Covalys' CEO. "The new cloning kits will give scientists an easy avenue to fuse proteins encoded by large genes to SNAP-tag. It's an exciting new extension of the application of our technology, and we ...A puzzle piece found in unraveling the wiring of the brain
...l basis of brain wiring is largely unknown. We are happy to have a new handle on an old problem." Using sophisticated genetics applied to the brain of the fruit fly, Drs. Sunil Mehta and Hiesinger found a gene named sec15 that is required for nerve cells to make appropriate choices of targets on which to ...Solutions that reduce death of marine life reeled in by International Smart Gear Competition
...unty of the sea for future generations. Today, I'm happy to announce our competition reeled in three promising innovations." These three practical solutions are the inventions of a former high-school biology teacher and commercial fisherman; a North American team who tinkered with the chemical properties ...