Mutation breeding is the method of using artificial mutagenesis to obtain new biological cultivars, mainly through chemical or radiation mutagenesis.

Maximum-depth sequencing (MDS), a new method of detecting extremely rare variants within a bacterial population, is used to show that mutation rates in Escherichia coli vary across the genome by ...

However, no existing web tool allows scientists to access many recently developed algorithms that can extract even more accurate estimates of microbial mutation rates from data.

Humans have forever been using all manner of techniques to better secure the food we need to sustain our lives. The practice ...

Why do scientists say that genetic engineering of crops is just the "latest chapter" in 10,000 years of high-tech agriculture? Or that genetic engineering is just a more precise way to breed ...

Use of mutation breeding technique appears as a viable tool in development of such germplasms and varieties. Breeding for disease resistance aims to incorporate durable resistance into improved rice ...

It's a blow for the biotech industry, a victory for environmental campaigners. Europe's top court has ruled that crops obtained through a plant breeding technique called 'mutagenesis' - or gene ...

Scientists have discovered a way to control mutation rates in bacteria, paving the way for new strategies to combat antibiotic resistance.