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

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

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

Over the past 12,000 years, humans in Europe have dramatically increased their ability to digest carbohydrates, expanding the ...

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

Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have now developed a method that allows for the first time to ...

"The Lepidosiren genome (about 91 Gb, roughly 30 times the human genome) is the largest animal genome sequenced so far and more than twice the size of the Australian (Neoceratodus forsteri) and ...

The genome structure — how genes are organized within DNA sequences in an organism — is fundamental to the processes and functions of organisms.

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

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

Braun, who was not part of the study and focuses his research on bird genome evolution, told USA TODAY discovering when species morphed helps scientists understand changes in DNA.

Change is the only constant.” You’ve likely heard different variations of this quote, but it ultimately expresses one of life ...