A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.

CHANGE-seq-BE was developed to enable scientists to better understand base editors, an important class of CRISPR precise genome editors.

Researchers are investigating the role of non-coding DNA, or junk DNA, in regulating astrocytes, brain cells involved in ...

When scientists pulled genetic material from a pair of naturally preserved bodies in the central Sahara, they expected to ...

Every time you look in the mirror, you are seeing the legacy of an extinct cousin. A small but influential fraction of your ...

Researchers have identified the specific structural loops in G-quadruplex DNA that allow it to act as a chaperone, preventing ...

Epigenetics is the science of how your lifestyle, environment, and even emotions can alter your gene activity without ...

The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the ...

Researchers discover that insect sex systems influence the speed of mitochondrial evolution, impacting biodiversity tracking ...

Chemist Anne Lüscher showed at 39C3 how synthetic DNA can be used for data storage and tamper-proof authentication.

Estrogen is known as an important hormone, and it can control many functions by regulating the activity of hundreds of genes.

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...