Understanding how both environmental conditions and genetic makeup affect crops is essential to developing varieties that are ...

A study described the three-dimensional architecture of turtle genomes, which fold in a configuration unlike any other animal observed so far.

In a recent paper published in the journal Genome Research, experts described the chromatin arrangement in the genomes of two ...

Since wolves returned to Germany 20 years ago, they have spread quickly in many parts of the country. The rapid increase in ...

Genes contain instructions for making proteins, and a central dogma of biology is that this information flows from DNA to RNA to proteins. But only two percent of the human genome actually encodes ...

The best part? These genetic predictions work across different ethnic backgrounds, making them a powerful tool for ...

Your body has a natural weight range, just like its shoe size. Embracing that is a key to health and self-acceptance, ...

Yizhi “Patrick” Cai is coordinating a global effort to write a complete synthetic yeast genome. If he succeeds, the resulting cell will be the artificial life most closely related to humans to date.

There may be multiple reasons for this, says Dr. Ertekin-Taner: One of them is that the brain needs healthy vasculature to ...

The Agricultural Research and Technology Center (ARTC) will include customized laboratories, greenhouses and capacity for ...

Scientists have identified a relationship between ancient viral DNA and susceptibility to neurodegenerative diseases like ...

The boxer took gold in the women’s welterweight competition at this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris amid controversy.