University of Maryland biologists have observed molecules of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-- a close cousin of DNA that can silence genes within cells-- being passed directly from parent to offspring in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans.

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University of Maryland biologists have observed molecules of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-- a close cousin of DNA that can silence genes within cells-- being passed directly from parent to offspring in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans.