When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

Wild plants can contribute valuable genes to their domesticated relatives. Fertility barriers and a lack of genomic resources ...

An international research team has deciphered a mechanism of the evolutionary arms race in human cells. The findings provide ...

A new breakdown of earthworm DNA could help us better understand how evolution works, and it could prove Darwin completely wrong.

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and ...

Cancer does not develop overnight. It can take decades for cancer‐promoting changes in the genome to eventually lead to the ...

An international research team led by Freiburg biologists Dr. Wenjing Qi and Prof. Ralf Baumeister has discovered how the LINE1 retrotransposon ...

Researchers sequenced the genome of a sea spider, revealing it lacks whole-genome duplication seen in related arachnids. This ...

Scientists just sequenced the first sea spider genome, uncovering genetic clues to limb growth, regeneration, and ancient ...

Worms radically reorganized their genomes during their move from sea to land, supporting the theory of punctuated equilibrium in evolution.