New research has revealed that the old Irish goat shares a 3,000-year genetic link with goats living in Ireland during the ...

The DNA of elites from the Golden Horde reveals roots in Mongolia and direct links to the line of Genghis Khan.

For a long time, we’ve been sold the idea that Genghis Khan, the 13th-century founder of the Mongol Empire, was so phenomenally prolific that one in 200 men alive today carries his exact Y chromosome.

Biochemists at Caltech have identified how viruses have converged on a method for killing bacteria. The researchers have homed in on an underexplored small transporter called MurJ that is a vital part ...

Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is a globally important tropical fruit valued for its nutrition and medicinal properties, yet its genetic diversity has ...

For much of modern biology, scientists argued that viruses are not alive, pointing to a basic limitation: they cannot make proteins on their own and must depend entirely on the cells they infect for ...

Variants in a nicotine receptor gene are associated with a lower likelihood of heavy smoking, according to a study published ...

The previous big move we wrote about was 1 day ago when the stock dropped 3.1% on the news that the Trump administration's ...

Scientists have called for support to investigate the sources of Aeromonas infections in Australia. To find out more about the routes of infections, researchers would need to isolate and analyze ...

These findings could be used to prevent plant inbreeding and promote genetic diversity in future conservation efforts.

During a test drive, the mobile lab van uncovered a drug-resistant HIV strain that sprung up after the ongoing war with Russia started.

Extinction has always been permanent - until now. Advances in genetics and biotechnology are giving scientists the tools to ...