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

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

A mother's diet and antibiotic use during pregnancy and nursing can permanently alter her offspring's gut bacteria and body weight. A study shows genetics and even which parent contributed genes ...

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

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

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

Mutated genes in one's DNA can lead to a serious illness (or not) depending on whether they are dominant or recessive, heterozygous or homozygous. If a genetic condition runs in your family, don’t ...

The researchers looked at the DNA of over 1,300 cichlids to see if there’s something special about their genes that might explain this rapid evolution. “We discovered that, in some species, large ...

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 ...