"All but one of this lungfish's 19 chromosomes is the size of the entire human genome, so it takes a lot of energy to copy that DNA. And the nucleus and cell that encase it must be bigger." ...

For more basic information about genes, visit the Glossary. A rough draft of the human genome was completed in June 2000. Efforts are underway to complete a final draft of the human genome ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers have sequenced the first complete genome of the Pacific banana slug, a species known for its ...

The size of an organism's genome is measured by the number of base pairs it contains. Genome sizes vary widely between species. Some of the smallest genomes belong to viruses and contain only a few ...

The mouse model in the study is reportedly quite different as it allows scientists to observe the aging process in a whole ...

Research from Umeå University paves the way for a quantitative data analysis method to study the cell division process in ...

It continues 25 years of research at deCODE genetics into how new diversity is generated in the human genome, and its relationship to health and disease. The new map, appearing today in the online ...

GeneDx CEO Katherine Stueland likes the potential of newborn testing, but she says her Stamford, Connecticut, company is ...

The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more resilient to significant structural changes than was previously thought.