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Genetics is the branch of science concerned with genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. It seeks to understand the process of trait inheritance from parents to offspring, including the molecular structure and function of genes, gene behaviour in the context of a cell or organism (e.g. dominance and epigenetics), gene distribution, and variation and change in populations.
We identify an elite haplotype of the transcription factor gene OsGATA8 in rice that is associated with enhanced nitrogen uptake and a higher proportion of productive tillers. Revealing how OsGATA8 regulates nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) enables insights into coordination of nitrogen uptake and productive tiller formation to achieve high NUE in rice.
Two groups of scientists independently engineer gene drives in Arabidopsis thaliana, demonstrating the possibility for spreading fitness-reducing genetic modifications through wild populations of plants for population suppression.
We quantified liver, pancreas, heart and kidney fibrosis using MRI T1 mapping in over 40,000 individuals. Using genetic association analyses, we identified a total of 58 loci, 10 of which overlapped across organs. A high burden of fibrosis in three or more organs was associated with an increased risk of mortality.
A phylogenetic analysis of Salmonella Typhi isolated from returning travelers to the United Kingdom between 1980 and 1995 suggests that H58 emerged from a chronic carrier in India in 1987 before spreading globally and was already multidrug resistant.
We identify an elite haplotype of the transcription factor gene OsGATA8 in rice that is associated with enhanced nitrogen uptake and a higher proportion of productive tillers. Revealing how OsGATA8 regulates nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) enables insights into coordination of nitrogen uptake and productive tiller formation to achieve high NUE in rice.
This month’s Genome Watch highlights the use of genetic barcoding towards a better understanding of plant–microorganism interactions and colonization dynamics.
Project covering one-fifth of the country’s population is one of the largest-ever efforts to share results on genetic health risks with research participants.