Genetics

A new genetic approach can accelerate the study of phage-microbe interactions with implications for health, agriculture, and climate Credit: Wikimedia...

Scientists develop modern analytical techniques as a tool for advancing forensic investigations Credit: Shinsuke Kunimura from Tokyo University of Science...

Credit: Matt Guille People with genetic diseases might be closer to learning what has caused their disease and to improved...

Credit: LE Gilbert A link between evolution over short time frames (microevolution) and long time frames (macroevolution) that could open...

Credit: K. Boztug and E. Salzer; CeMM/Wolfgang Däuble A multi-institutional, international team of scientists has discovered the genetic cause and...

The capacity of formaldehyde, a chemical frequently used in manufactured goods such as automotive parts and wood products, to damage...

Hokkaido University researchers have revealed that key sex-determining genes continue to operate in a mammalian species that lacks the Y...

The social ability of dogs is affected by genes that also seems to influence human behaviour, according to a new...

New research finds genetic differences that help to explain why some babies are born bigger or smaller than others. It...

A Norwegian study shows that asthma is three times more common in those who had a father who smoked in...

The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus is capable of rapid genetic adaptation in both natural environments and in humans according to a...

Credit: Doug Rowland, UC Davis. About one-third of 1751 genes studied in the first comprehensive survey of the mouse genome...

Piero Carninci of CLST, who led the team Credit: RikenScientists have found a group of human sequences — unrelated to...

Naturally fluorescing polymer nanoparticles can be used to detect a key marker of cystic fibrosis. Credit: Yang Lab/Penn StateA new,...