Yeast Holds the Key to Humans' Genetic Response to Stress, Herbicide Exposure
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 - 09:31
in Biology & Nature
Yeast's ability to grow, divide, age and metabolize food is similar to human cells and provides researchers with a nearly perfect specimen to study cell processes and genetic variation. Biologist Jennifer Gallagher is taking advantage of the organism's functions to examine how an individual would respond to stress at a molecular level, and the effects herbicides such as the common household weedkiller RoundUp, have on genes.