Two bacteriologists showed that mutations arise spontaneously in bacterial cultures, thereby disproving Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ...

New research shows RNA is preserved for longer than scientists had realized. This is the oldest RNA ever profiled.

Whole-genome duplications are rare evolutionary events in which all the chromosomes and genes of a species are doubled. This supplies new genetic material to the gene pool and can provide an ...

Genomes are key to unlocking life's evolutionary history. The presence and absence of certain genetic sequences and mutations ...

Dr. Comfort is a historian of genetics who is completing a biography of James Watson. At first, James Watson terrified me. It ...

Advances in sequencing ancient DNA have revealed that over millenia, people have moved into new regions in successive waves, ...

If you have a family history of cancer, you can qualify to get testing done for the genes through your primary care provider ...

An international research collaboration, including INRAE, has published the complete set of genes (pangenome) and agronomic ...

Seed plants are essential as a source of food, fuel, medicine, and more. Now, a multidisciplinary team of researchers has ...

Consistency and Heterogeneity of Microsatellite Instability (MSI) Status in Paired Biopsy and Surgical Specimens of Colorectal Cancer: A Necessity for MSI Reassessment After Treatment? Incorporating ...