Many members of the Argonaute gene family are found in the genomes of plants and animals, with an exceptional ... (miRNAs)) and function in RNA-based silencing mechanisms by altering protein ...

Many Animals and Plants Are Losing Their Genetic Diversity ... in part because of their genes. Higher genetic diversity also means there’s a greater chance of a species' survival.

Why all the fuss? Because RNAi, or more broadly, posttranscriptional gene silencing, provides a simple way to knock out genes in vivo in organisms as varied as plants, worms, flies, and mice (see ...

Do similar mechanisms operate in plant and animal stem cells to maintain long-term division and pluripotency? In conclusion, at least some of the genes that control the stem cell state in animals ...

"This study ... demonstrates ... potential to revolutionize crop protection with minimal ecological impact." Groundbreaking study could solve major problem in global food supply: 'This is the future' ...

What do cells, genes, mutations, transposons, RNA silencing, and DNA recombination have in common? All were discovered first in plants. It sounds grandiose, but it’s true, and plant biologists delight ...

RNA silencing, also known as RNA interference, is a way that plants and invertebrate animals can protect themselves ... under normal conditions to control gene expression (if the gene is "turned ...