The collective efforts of scientists over multiple decades have led to advancements in
molecular and cellular biology-based technologies including genetic engineering and …

Key message Transcriptomic and epigenomic profiling of gene expression and small RNAs
during seed and seedling development reveals expression and methylation dominance …

The observed risk of autoimmune hepatitis exceeds its genetic risk, and epigenetic factors
that alter gene expression without changing nucleotide sequence may help explain the …

Our understanding of the key players in evolution and of the development of all organisms in
all domains of life has been aided by current knowledge about RNA stem-loop groups, their …

Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in Western counties and its abuse is particularly
high in male adolescents and young adults. Its main psychotropic component, the …

In diploid mammals, allele-specific three-dimensional (3D) genome architecture may lead to
imbalanced gene expression. Through ultradeep in situ Hi-C sequencing of three …

Gene transfection was supposed to be the most promising technology to overcome the vast
majority of diseases and it has been popularly reported in clinical applications of gene …

Emerging evidence now shows that in addition to delivering a haploid DNA, the mammalian
sperm also carry various types of RNAs that respond to the paternal environment, which can …

Overgrazing generally induces dwarfism in grassland plants, and these phenotypic traits
could be transmitted to clonal offspring even when overgrazing is excluded. However, the …

Drug addiction is a worldwide social and medical disorder. More than 50 percent of drug
abusers start their substance abuse in adolescence between the ages of 15–19 …