For the first time, a research team at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) has succeeded in ...

Remarkably, 98 percent of our DNA does not code for genes. Once considered “junk DNA,” it is now well appreciated that these ...

In a time when what defines gender is being questioned and discussed, a new study reveals that single changes in DNA make dramatic differences.

Scientists from Skoltech and the University of Potsdam have developed a physical theory that sheds light on how molecular ...

By analyzing ancient and modern DNA, scientists are uncovering the genetic origins of the Greek people, shaped over millennia ...

Scientists now recognize that spontaneous DNA errors, which we acquire in early development all the way until our last breath ...

DNA solved the 70-year-old mystery of the Martin family, who disappeared in 1958 while looking for greenery for Christmas ...

Photosynthetic bacteria helped shape Planet Earth. Among them are cyanobacteria that produced the oxygen in our atmosphere ...

Scientists are still trying to understand why our Neanderthal DNA hasn't all been eliminated by natural selection.

Scientists have taken an important step toward a gene therapy that could one day turn off the extra genetic material that ...

Jurors are expected to hear about DNA evidence. Watch live video from the trial here and follow Star-Telegram.com for updates ...

Centromeres act as the control centers of chromosomes, ensuring accurate genetic inheritance during cell division, yet they ...