The recombination between parental chromosomes, a characteristic of sexual reproduction, plays a crucial role in evolution.

Bioinformaticians from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the university in Linköping (Sweden) have established ...

Scientists have unveiled the oldest woolly mammoth specimen ever discovered in North America as part of a major DNA study ...

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

Researchers have explored the evolution of the genetic change that causes chronic myeloid leukaemia and show its ability to drive the disease.

Bacteria consist of a single cell. They do not have bones and are ... Dobzhansky famously said in 1973. But how did the ...

A new study in Cell reveals that species living miles beneath the ocean’s surface have independently evolved the same genetic ...

Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now ...

Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now, researchers have demonstrated that this marker -- N4-methylcytosine (4mC) ...

New candidate genes which could be responsible for deafness have been identified. Congenital deafness (hearing loss from ...

The research indicates that the limitations on the size of proteins has been a crucial trigger in the development of life ...