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 ...

Inside almost every single cell in your body is a structure called the nucleus. The nucleus is the control centre of the cell. Inside the nucleus are 23 pairs of chromosomes made up of genes. Genes ...

For a field that relies on fossils that have lain undisturbed for tens of thousands of years, ancient human genomics is moving at breakneck speed. Barely a year after the publication of the ...

Breast cancer genes. If you have a very strong family history of certain cancers, there might be a faulty gene in your family that increases your risk of breast cancer. We know about several gene ...

The history of SLC24A5 reminds us that “light skin pigmentation, and likely other ‘European’ traits, are not unique to Europeans. Human populations have been interbreeding for as long as we ...

By looking at the DNA of Tsimshian people before and after European contact, researchers paint a more nuanced history. Skip to main content. Search Shop Newsletters Renew Give a Gift Subscribe.

Sonic hedgehog and Beethoven: an oral history of how some genes got their names. By Justin Chen July 16, 2018. Reprints. Illustration Alex Hogan/STAT; Adobe Stock, SEGA.

The history and future of ancient einkorn wheat Is written in its genes. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 08 / 230802162503.htm ...

By comparing thousands of bacterial genomes, scientists in Gothenburg, Sweden have traced back the evolutionary history of antibiotic resistance genes.

The secret history of Britain is written in our genes. A new study shows that there are 17 different types of Briton - and many still live in the same groups they did before the Norman Conquest.

Text-to-image AI exploded this year as technical advances greatly enhanced the fidelity of art that AI systems could create. Controversial as systems like Stable Diffusion and OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 ...