“These are genetic age-related traits in huge numbers at a scale that ... There is a lot of interesting biology to unpack ...

A study described the three-dimensional architecture of turtle genomes, which fold in a configuration unlike any other animal observed so far.

Political scientist Kevin Smith says his research suggests “political orientations are at least partially under genetic ...

What gives an Australian finch its brilliantly colored red, yellow or orange bill? A major new study has uncovered the ...

The CRISPR molecular scissors have the potential to revolutionize the treatment of genetic diseases. This is because they can ...

Together, they advance our understanding of biological processes, paving the way for innovations in healthcare, biotechnology ...

Drawing on multiple studies demonstrating that it is possible to retrieve DNA from both human and animal remains in Pompeii, ...

WashU biologists, led by Xuehua Zhong in Arts & Sciences, investigated the inner workings of DNA methylation in plants. Their ...

Genes contain instructions for making proteins, and a central dogma of biology is that this information flows from DNA to RNA to proteins. But only two percent of the human genome actually encodes ...

In a "groundbreaking achievement," a clone of an endangered species of ferret has given birth to babies for the very first ...

Ibuprofen counters problems caused by mutations in the MAN1B1 gene, fruit fly tests show. Early results in three children are ”fairly positive.” ...

Scientists have spotted a deep-sea “ghost” white shark with a rare genetic disorder, shedding light on how such abnormalities affect endangered marine species living near the sea floor. At such a ...