The idea of resurrecting long-lost direwolves sounds like pure fantasy—something out of Game of Thrones—yet Colossal Biosciences insists science is catching up with myth. Chief science officer Beth ...

An analysis of mpox virus genomes from individuals infected between 2018 and 2023 has provided insights into how the virus ...

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

We were trying to learn how certain animals lost their regeneration capacity during evolution and then put back the ...

So much science starts with deciphering a genome, the blueprint for every being on Earth. With such roadmaps in hand, ...

Without a reference genome, scientists didn't know whether any of those stem cells had picked up harmful mutations during lab growth—a common problem in both human and animal stem cells.

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The South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) has the largest known genome of the animal kingdom at 91 billion base pairs of DNA.Katherine Seghers, Louisiana State University. Scientists have ...

Its genome is more than 50 times the human genome’s size. Estivation: The summer’s urge to nap Until now, the largest-known animal genome was that of another lungfish, the Australian lungfish ...

Scientists have sequenced the largest known animal genome — and it's 30 times bigger than the human genome. The genome belongs to the South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa), a primeval, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Scientists have sequenced the largest known animal genome — and it's 30 times bigger than ...

Scientists have sequenced the largest known animal genome — and it's 30 times bigger than the human genome. The genome belongs to the South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa), a primeval ...