Epigenetic variation, like genetic variation, can be inherited and influence traits across generations. However, epigenetic ...

A team led by Professor Kazuhiro Maeshima of the National Institute of Genetics (ROIS) and SOKENDAI in Japan has developed a ...

Now, with the help of ancient DNA from mummified remains, geneticists are figuring out who once lived there. The Takarkori rock shelter — situated in southwestern Libya’s Tadrart Acacus ...

“DNA extracted from two pastoralist women who were buried at the rock shelter around 7,000 years ago reveals that most of their ancestry can be traced to a previously unknown ancient North ...

It doesn’t matter what Birdy is. I’ll love her all the same. But when the opportunity arose to test out an Embark DNA kit, I jumped at the chance. The test kit arrived, and the directions for ...

Source: Getty / Justin Sullivan In 2008, genetic DNA testing was all the rage. Time Magazine hailed the invention as "absolutely revolutionary", with American genomics company 23andMe leading the ...

They entered her DNA into CODIS, a national criminal database used by law enforcement, but no hits came back. A forensic artist with Michigan State Police even made a clay reconstruction of the ...

Turns out that’s not true – not exactly. Corn does indeed make a sound when it grows, as captured recently by this time-lapse video from Douglas Cook at the Crop Biomechanics Lab at New York ...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the nucleic acid polymer that forms the genetic code for a cell or virus. Most DNA molecules consist of two polymers (double-stranded) of four nucleotides that each ...

Recent cold, wet weather across the Midwest have prompted many farmers to ask about purple corn seedlings again this spring. Cold temperatures and rainy spring weather can be hard on corn stands ...

One example of public debate over the use of a genetically modified plant involves the case of Bt corn. Bt corn expresses ... (OECD), called "Recombinant DNA Safety Considerations," became the ...