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Scientists discover new insect species

Scientists have discovered insect Neuroterus Valhalla. It is a millimetre long. It spends 11 months of the year locked in a crypt. The insect is the first insect species to be described alongside its fully sequenced genome. Rice University researchers have discovered it. They are...

Air pollution significantly reduces pollination in plants

Air pollutants from urban and rural environments are reducing the pollinating abilities of insects. It prevents them from sniffing out the crops and wildflowers that depend on them. University of Reading, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and University of Birmingham scientists have found out...

Plants depend on the CLASSY gene family to diversify their epigenomes

A team at Salk has shown that the CLASSY gene family decides which parts of the genome are turned off in a tissue-specific manner. The CLASSYs essentially control where the genome is marked by DNA methylation. The addition of methyl chemical groups to the...