Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Plants produce a wide diversity of compounds. Broadly, these are separated into primary metabolites, which are necessary for ...

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

Human DNA contains roughly 3 billion letters of genetic code. However, we understand only a fraction of what this vast ...