This model illustrates how alleles of modifier and modified genes affect penetrance, dominance modification, expressivity and pleiotropy, and modulate the phenotypes of mutant organisms. Throughout ...

An international team of scientists has unraveled the mysterious relationship between gravity, and the growth trajectories of ...

DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification that differs between plant organs and tissues, but the extent of variation between cell types is not known. Here, we report single-base-resolution ...

A new study has revealed the 3D structure of a barley root protein that protects plants from toxic aluminum in acidic soils.

After a gene is transcribed into RNA, modifications can occur to the subunits or "bases" that make up the RNA molecule, which can affect its structure and function. The study of these changes is known ...