When DNA breaks inside the cell, it can spell disaster, especially if the damage occurs in areas of the genome that are ...

A new study finds the genetic backgrounds of people in the U.S. are "highly complex" and may differ from their self-defined ...

To Shakespeare's Hamlet, we humans are "the paragon of animals." But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans ...

For decades, donated eggs or sperm have been the mainstay of infertility treatments, leaving many hopeful parents without a ...

Researchers engineered a new gene system in the parasite A. deanei using a bacteriophage enzyme and novel drug markers. This ...

Ancient Maya DNA reveals a shocking twist: their civilization collapsed, but their people never vanished.

They've extracted fragments of enamel proteins from the teeth of fossils of the species Paranthropus robustus and used them ...

Today, an international collaboration known as the Leonardo DNA Project ... of the Y chromosome—used for individual identification—matched across these men, confirming the genetic continuity ...

Today, an international collaboration known as the Leonardo DNA Project ... of the Y chromosome — used for individual identification — matched across these men, confirming the genetic ...

MIT and Tulane researchers discovered that the mobile gene element Tn916 can insert into over 1,500 spots in Bacillus subtilis, mainly targeting AT-rich regions. This flexibility helps spread ...

The effect was to change an incorrect DNA letter to the right one. The result was a normal gene that functioned as it should, potentially halting liver and lung damage of patients with a rare ...

This study is valuable as it provides information about the genes ... DNA scaffolds in the assembly such as further microchromosomes; module J was also enriched in “other”. These results demonstrate ...