Teams are preparing to identify the fallen hostages, determine the causes of death, and support families, using scientific ...

Depending on the setting, the ability of a crucial bacterium in biotechnology—Agrobacterium tumefaciens—to transfer its DNA ...

Molecular biologists have long believed that the beginning of a gene launched the process of transcription—the process by ...

A Nature study reveals how hidden DNA repair safeguards protect chromosomes for decades, explaining infertility, miscarriages ...

Your DNA contains millions of genetic variants that interact with each other in ways that affect whether diseases such as ...

Robertsonian chromosomes (ROB) are a type of structurally variant chromosome that is created when two chromosomes fuse together to form an unusual bond. Found commonly in nature, these chromosomes are ...

Researchers developed an experimental method to convert skin cells into eggs, potentially allowing older women and same-sex ...

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for same-sex couples or women with fertility problems to have children ...

New work shows that physical folding of the genome to control genes located far away may have been an early evolutionary ...

Human fertility hinges on a delicate molecular ballet that begins even before birth. UC Davis researchers have uncovered how special protein networks safeguard chromosomes as eggs and sperm form, ...

Missouri’s cattle industry is experiencing historic highs. Discover how the Show-Me Select Replacement Heifer Program is ...

The Atlas blue butterfly, with a record-breaking 229 pairs of chromosomes, is helping scientists unravel mysteries of ...