Potatoes are a staple food for over 1.3 billion people. But despite their importance for global food security, breeding ...

A research team has decoded the genome of historic potato cultivars and used this resource to develop an efficient method for analysis of hundreds of additional potato genomes.

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of ...

Most cells in the human body each contain about six feet of DNA. Yet the nucleus, where DNA is coiled, is no larger than a ...

An INRS research team has identified a new family of enzymes that can make precise cuts in single-stranded DNA. A few years ...

Differences among the DNA of seven ape species—including humans—are greater than originally thought, according to an ...

Scientists say the map of a speck of a mouse's brain could be as transformative as the Human Genome Project. Here's what to ...

The scientists state that epigenetic clocks based on the entropy of methylation states predict chronological age with ...

Research into transcription factors deepen understanding of the 'language' of the genome, offering insights into human development.

Florida stands on the precipice of becoming a national leader in medical research and innovation, and we are seizing this ...

Developed by Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center, the approach is not only more accurate than previous ...

DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...