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Turtle Sex Secrets: How Temperature and Genes Team Up

November 15, 2025

In the world of turtles, the sex of a baby turtle isn't just about chromosomes. It's also about temperature. This is called temperature-dependent sex determination. Scientists have been curious about how this works for a long time. They knew that something called alternative splicing might play a ro

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Boosting Plant Survival: How Rice Genes Help Plants Beat Salty and Dry Conditions

December 8, 2024

You know how rice is often grown on farms? Well, it faces a lot of tough conditions, like drought and too much salt. These problems can really hurt crop production. Scientists have found that a special gene in rice, called OsHKT1;5, can help plants deal with these bad conditions better. When this ge