Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of bases of DNA were flipped backwards and moved from ...

An INRS research team has identified a new family of enzymes that can make precise cuts in single-stranded DNA. A few years ...

After more than 60 years of genetic guessing, scientists have finally cracked the code behind what makes orange cats so… ...

The scientists state that epigenetic clocks based on the entropy of methylation states predict chronological age with ...

It’s an odd impulse, the desire to hide our true selves from the people who know us most intimately. My mother’s secret was ...

Most cells in the human body each contain about six feet of DNA. Yet the nucleus, where DNA is coiled, is no larger than a ...

A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine provides insights into how cells maintain the tiny end caps of chromosomes as they divide, a key process in keeping cells healthy.

When even one tiny section of a person’s genetic code becomes mutated or modified, cells can begin to act out of ...

Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of ...

Research by German scientists into the genetic makeup of European potato varieties has revealed that, despite significant ...

Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or disconnected? The problem may not be you. It may be the world you’re living in. Here's why ...

In 2024, after 60 years of searching, geneticists finally identified the gene behind the marmalade coloration in domestic ...