Ultimately, histone methyltransferases are important in deactivating certain genes, needed for proper growth and development.

It was unexpected since the genes under study were genes needed for fracture healing.

Recent research suggests that all plants have the genes needed to produce the blood substance hemoglobin.

The team now plans to use the synthetic organism to work out the minimum number of genes needed for life to exist.

The macronucleus controls non-reproductive cell functions, expressing the genes needed for daily functioning.

The current hypothesis about the evolution of the genes needed for nodulation is that they were recruited from other pathways after a polyploidy event.

In a new report in the journal Nature, scientists say they suspect that all plants have the genes needed to produce hemoglobin.

Most genes needed for mitochondrial and plastid function are located in the nucleus.

It does involve switching off many genes not needed in a particular tissue.