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 ...

We're a step closer to two men being able to have genetic children of their own after the creation of fertile mice by putting ...

For the first time, mice born to two fathers have grown up and produced offspring, scientists in China reveal.

Researchers discovered that genetic conflict between paternal and maternal genes determines whether honey bee larvae become ...

University of Adelaide researchers discovered monotremes use a completely different sex determination system than other ...

They also found that after the extra chromosome was removed, genes tied to nervous system development were more active and ...