Human DNA contains roughly 3 billion letters of genetic code. However, we understand only a fraction of what this vast ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), is a major mechanism of genome evolution across the tree of life and is ...

New research on armadillos reveals how DNA shuffling rates evolve. These ancient mammals have surprisingly similar rates, ...

Artificial human DNA, or synthetic DNA (synDNA), would be made without biological parents by instead using chemicals. SynHG ...