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Scientists Uncover the Genetic History of Cocoa in Brazil

Scientists Uncover the Genetic History of Cocoa in Brazil

The saga of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) in southern Bahia is part of Brazil’s economic and cultural history. If it had not been for the successful introduction of cocoa into the Ilhéus region in the eighteenth century, there would have been no cocoa cycle in Bahia, and Jorge Amado would not have been inspired to write Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon.

However, the glory of Bahian cocoa belongs to the…

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Researchers Map Entire Population of Microorganisms in Sugarcane

Researchers Map Entire Population of Microorganisms in Sugarcane

A single sugarcane sample is home to 23,811 types of bacteria and 11,727 different groups of fungi, according to researchers at the University of Campinas’s Biology Institute (IB-UNICAMP) in São Paulo State, Brazil, who have produced the first ever complete map of the microorganism communities that inhabit sugarcane tissue, from roots to shoots and leaves.

The research project was carried out at…

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Discovery of Novel Gene Mutations Associated with Nephrotic Syndrome in Children

Discovery of Novel Gene Mutations Associated with Nephrotic Syndrome in Children

Nephrotic syndrome, a cluster of symptoms of kidney disease mainly evidenced by excessive urinary excretion of protein, has several causes, including genetic mutations that are not yet fully understood. Researchers at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo State, Brazil, have identified novelmutations in some of the genes associated with the syndrome, paving the way for more accurate…

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