The octopus just revealed another one of its secrets: what determines its sex. University of Oregon researchers have ...

The research suggest octopus and other cephalopods, like squid and cuttlefish, all rely on the ancient chromosome to ...

Researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has likely been around for 480 million years, since before octopuses split apart from the nautilus on ...

February is American Heart Month, which is an appropriate time to learn how genetic testing can protect your family.

Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By ...

The University of Barcelona has participated in an international study that has found new evidence linking traumatic experiences and stressful events with endometriosis, a chronic systemic ...

The University of Barcelona has participated in an international study that has found new evidence linking traumatic ...

Genetics is key to the development of cancer and also in the progression. Some inherited mutations confer a susceptibility to ...

Sarah Anderson, oncology strategy lead director, Novotech, discusses the significance of triple-negative breast cancer ...

This study provides a valuable new resource to investigate the molecular basis of the particular features characterizing the pipefish embryo. The authors found both unique and shared gene expression ...

"We have discovered a molecular switch that can revert the fate of cancer cells," said biologist Kwang-Hyun Cho.

A world-leading study screening up to 100,000 newborn babies in England for more than 200 rare genetic conditions has now ...