Category: Genetics

A rapid koala rebound in southeastern Australia is also boosting their genetic variation, showing one way out of an extinction death spiral.

After nearly disappearing from the region over a century ago, the marsupials’ recovery has…

Germline testing is a genetic screening that looks for inherited gene mutations found in every cell.  It can identify hereditary cancer risks.  For people at high risk, this testing helps with cancer…

The microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract can exert a strong influence on our bodies, in part by creating and modifying molecules that come from our diet. For example, gut microbes can break down…

Researchers have engineered a tomato that carries much higher levels of vitamin A than tomatoes usually do, in an effort to help treat one of the most common vitamin deficiencies in the world. Since the tomato…

Prehistoric humans and Neanderthals didn’t just interbreed, they did so with a consistent sex bias, as male Neanderthals and female modern humans mated more often, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania. This ancient…

Our world is full of microbes, which have found homes in many environments, from extremely hot thermal vents in the ocean to the human gastrointestinal tract. Many of those microbes have become adapted to…

For laboratories dedicated to advancing genetic analysis and rare disease research, from cardiogenetics and neurodevelopmental disorders to neuromuscular diseases and hemoglobinopathies, precision,…

In the rapidly advancing life science fields, endpoint polymerase chain reaction (PCR),…

Chris Mason is a man in a hurry.

“Sometimes walking from the subway…

By Dusty Vyas, Senior Scientist at LGC Biosearch Technologies 

Targeted GBS 

The application of targeted genotyping by sequencing (targeted GBS) in marker assisted selection (MAS) and genomics…