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Scientists have suspected that spare parts in the genome -- extra copies of functional genes that arise when genes or whole genomes get duplicated -- might sometimes provide the raw materials for the evolution of new traits. Now, researchers report in a study published online on Sept. 3 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, that they have discovered a prime example of this in fish.
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 | Researchers at North Carolina State University have received a five-year, $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a series of "photo-switchable" compounds that will allow scientists to turn individual genes on and off within zebrafish embryos, enabling them to determine the function of particular genes. ...> Full Article |
A new, more efficient technique for generating systematic zebrafish gene knockouts may soon provide the genomic research community with a comprehensive zebrafish gene knockout bank. In last week's online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); the University of California, Los Angeles; and Peking University in Beijing, China, reported developing a technology to knockout zebrafish genes in a stable, targeted manner.
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