Researchers still do not have a comprehensive picture of the factors that influence gene expression in human cancers.

In a study published in Nature today "Sequence diversity lost in early pregnancy," scientists from deCODE genetics, a ...

In a study published in Nature today "Sequence diversity lost in early pregnancy," scientists from deCODE genetics, estimate ...

DNA is the genetic code that provides the biological instructions for every living species, but not every bit of DNA helps ...

Environmental factors such as lifestyle and the medications you take influence the effects your genes have on your body — and can clarify how diseases develop.

His genome diverged from those of other late Neanderthals around 105,000 years ago. That’s a staggering timespan. Thorin’s ...

This year, let‘s hope that scientists of all stripes — but especially social psychologists — will slow down and start ...

Modern humans were essentially like waves crashing on a beach, slowly but steadily eroding the beach away.” With this vivid ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers discover that "introners," transposable elements, are responsible for spreading noncoding DNA ...

Songbirds who make the arduous flight from their nesting sites in northern boreal forests to warm, southern climates in the winter may be rewarded for their journey with greater genetic diversity.