They get under your skin, up your nose, and all points in between. Bacteria are very ‘in’ to all your nooks and crannies as they thrive on and in the …
Continue ReadingGenome mapping helps scientists to find their way around a genome. In this way a genome map is no different from a map that you may use to get from …
Continue ReadingGenetically enhanced humans may sound like something out of science fiction but it may be closer to science fact than most of us would imagine. …
Continue ReadingWhen you clasp your hands together and interlock your fingers where do you place your thumb? Is the left over the right or the right over the left? …
Continue ReadingHitchhiker’s thumb does not come about by spending hours on the freeway waiting for a lift. It is a recessive genetic trait that allows people …
Continue ReadingGregor Mendel, Austrian monk and fan of garden peas established the Laws of Inheritance and opened the doors to modern genetics.
Continue ReadingParents know how difficult it can be to get their children to eat certain foods, especially vegetables. We think our children are just picky eaters …
Continue ReadingSiamese cats have a unique coat pattern. The gradual shading of the extremities is caused by a recessive gene with temperature-sensitive expression. …
Continue ReadingA brief look at the life and research of Sir Gavin Rylands de Beer. He was a British embryologist and developmental biologist. His work helped shed …
Continue ReadingTraditional wildlife conservation research was often accused of having negative impacts on endangered species through excessive handling and …
Continue ReadingA look at the life and scientific career of the American geneticist Hermann Joseph Muller. Muller was the first geneticist to study the relationship …
Continue ReadingA look at the life and work of the British geneticist Conrad Hal Waddington. He carried out important research in genetics and embryology.
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