Plant breeding plays a vital role in ensuring global food security by increasing crop yields, improving nutritional quality ...

By analyzing DNA from different cells in nearly 200 lines of maize plants, research has revealed insights that could help growers better adapt their crops to a fast-changing environment.

FUZHOU -- Chinese researchers have revealed the genetic basis of key agronomic and metabolic traits in tea plants, shedding light on the future breeding of tea varieties featuring favorable qualities.

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.

As the global population grows, the demand for food and energy is increasing even as extreme weather events make crops more ...

The American genetic engineering firm Colossal Biosciences recently announced to much fanfare it had "de-extincted" the dire ...

Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf ...

A new family of enzymes enables precise cuts in single-stranded DNA, offering powerful new tools for genetic engineering and ...

“In Jurassic Park, the triceratops gets sick eating plants that hadn’t evolved when it lived ... with RS said they were ...

Scientific Resurrection Even before the dawn of civilization, many species went extinct, usually from a mix of climate warming at the end of the Ice Age, and over-hunting or competition with early ...

A consortium of EU-based scientists and bioethicists raise concerns about the implications and threats of artificial intelligence for genetic engineering.