List of articles on genes
Why are the birds' songs different depending on the species?Hokkaido University elucidates
A research group at Hokkaido University has revealed that genes are read differently in the brain between two closely related bird species with different twitter patterns […].
Elucidating the genetic characteristics of Japanese height, high height may have been disadvantageous
A joint research group of RIKEN and the University of Tokyo conducted genome analysis of about 19 Japanese people and identified 573 genetic variations related to height […].
Okayama University, a group of genes that control pretending to be dead, was the first in the world to discover
A research group led by Professor Takahisa Miyatake of Okayama University has collaborated with Tokyo University of Agriculture and Tamagawa University to search for genes that control "length of imitation of death" […].
University of Tsukuba discovers that genes lost in evolution are the cause of arteriosclerosis
A research group led by Assistant Professor Kunio Kawanishi of the University of Tsukuba conducted a study conducted at the University of California, San Diego in the process of human evolution […].
Discovered a gene mutation peculiar to Japanese that increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease
A collaborative research group led by Koichi Ozaki, Director of the Clinical Genome Analysis Promotion Department of the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, is at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease […]
Kumamoto University explains the theory of the origin of health and illness (DOHaD theory) with the involvement of two enzymes
Low birth weight infants are at increased risk of developing adult diseases such as myocardial infarction, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.This means "[...] of adult diseases.
Is it possible to preserve the genetic resources of mammals for a long time?Discover the ultimate resistance of freeze-dried sperm
The research group of Assistant Professor Kiyoka Wakayama of the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Yamanashi, and Professor Teruhiko Wakayama of the Developmental Engineering Research Center has a temperature range of -196 ° C to 150 ° C […].
The University of Tokyo discovers molecules that control blue and green color vision genes
A group of specially appointed researchers Yohei Ogawa of the University of Tokyo conducted research using zebrafish with four-colored color vision, which is the prototype of vertebrates, and blue […]
Discovered the world's first suppression of chromosomal abnormalities by heterochromatin
A joint research group of Osaka University, Hokkaido University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Kyushu University found that heterochromatin on chromosomes is a DNA anti-Centromere region […].
Discover new factors that control the acceptance of symbiotic microorganisms in plants, such as the University of Tsukuba
Plants live in symbiotic relationships with various microorganisms in the soil.For example, legumes perform "nodule symbiosis" with rhizobia […]