For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer. This allows bacteria to ...

The same regulatory landscape which influences the development of fingers is present in fish, despite their distinct lack of digits. When researchers used CRISPR (a common gene editing tool) to fiddle ...

Are humans evolving more through culture than DNA? A new study explores how medicine, technology, and institutions may guide ...

In a remarkable turn of events, scientists have stumbled upon non-human DNA from ancient fossils, shaking the very ...

Researchers are now exploring how different types of repetitive DNA create genome instability and structurally variant chromosomes.

A research team led by Prof. Wang Yanli from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the ...

Now, in a new study published in Nature, scientists from the University of Geneva, EPFL, and collaborators in the U.S. have ...