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  A Multiallelic Gene MS5 Regulates Male Fertility in Brassica napus

  The researchers from CHENG Zhukuan’s lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborated with YANG Guangsheng’s lab at Huazhong Agricultural University, found that MS5 participates in the progression of meiosis during early prophase I and regulates gametogenesis in Brassica napus.

  02 Jun 2016

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  IGDB Scientists Revealed New Mechanism of Histone Demethylase Genome-wide Targeting

  The research group led by Dr. CAO Xiaofeng at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found a novel targeting mechanism of an H3K27me3 demethylase that regulates plant development, including organ boundary formation.

  20 May 2016

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  Scientists Find a Key Mechanism of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase in Pre-mRNA Splicing

  Researchers from Dr. CAO Xiaofeng’s group in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found a key molecular mechanism for the role of AtPRMT5 in pre-mRNA splicing.

  17 May 2016

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  Chinese Researchers Find Direct Evidence that Zika Causes Microcephaly in Mice

  Chinese researchers said Wednesday they have found direct evidence that Zika infection causes microcephaly, a birth defect marked by an abnormally small head, in mouse experiments. Mouse fetuses injected with the Zika virus and carried to term within their pregnant mothers display the characteristic features of microcephaly, they reported in the...

  12 May 2016

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  Centromere Behavior Has Great Impact on Generation of New Wheat Germplasm

  Dr. HAN Fangpu’s group in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences studied De Novo centromere formation and centromeric sequence expansion in wheat and its wide hybrids, and found the centromere behavior has great impact on generation of new wheat germplasm

  12 May 2016

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  Fetal Mice with Zika Infection Get Microcephaly

  Zika virus disrupts neural progenitor development and leads to microcephaly in mice

  12 May 2016

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  Hterotrimeric G Proteins Regulate Plant Immunity

  The research group led by Dr. ZHOU Jianmin at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborated with the group of Dr. ZHANG Yuelin at University of British Columbia, reported that the hterotrimeric G proteins positively regulate plant immunity by directly interacting with the FLS2-BIK1 immune receptor...

  25 Apr 2016

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  Scientists Find a Novel Mechanism of Meristemoid Cells in Plant Organ Size Control

  The group of Prof. LI Yunhai from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborated with Prof. WANG Yingchun from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS and Prof. INZE Dirk from Ghent University, Belgium, reported that the F-box protein STERILE APETALA (SAP) controls organ size...

  20 Apr 2016