Blight-Resistant Potato: an “Acceptable” GMO?
Last week, I wrote about a pathogenic nematode that infects the roots of soybean plants and the identification of a mutation responsible for nematode resistance in the Forrest soybean cultivar. […]
Tag Archives: genetics
Drug Resistance in MRSA is Finely-tuned
Cross-posted at PLOS Public Health Perspectives. In hindsight, shoving my hand into a narrow drinking glass wasn’t such a good idea. I learned this the hard way a few years […]
Glaucoma Is not an Equal Opportunity Thief
Ethnicity and the Genetics of Glaucoma
Olympics Recap: Race, Gender, & Genetics
The Olympics might be over, but here are my final thoughts on race, gender, and genetics at the Games.
It’s a Male. It’s a Female. No…it’s a Gynandromorph!
You could make a case for “looking weird” being an effective survival strategy. Just ask Calvin the lobster whose calico-patterned shell spared it from dining table destiny. Rather than being […]
A man, a mouse, and a fruit fly walk into a bar: Genetic approaches in understanding Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)
The recent buzz surrounding the drinking habits of Drosophila, from dealing with rejection to killing parasites by self-medicating, got me thinking: How might fruit flies be used for research […]
