Today’s wolves and dogs share a common ancestor. But a deeper look at their genes reveals that interbreeding since dogs were domesticated 20,000 years ago hasn’t been as rare as scientists assumed.

During each of these phases, our brains show markedly different characteristics in brain architecture, according to the new ...

Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time.

In the mountains of Tibet, adaptations to punishing conditions, including higher oxygen levels and unique gene proteins, are recent evidence of evolutionary adaptations.

Multi-omics analyses reveal redundant functions of yeast mRNA decapping activators Scd6 and Edc3 in facilitating recruitment of helicase Dhh1 and accelerating degradation of transcripts required for ...

Yet another tragedy has befallen the Kennedy family, with Tatiana Schlossberg writing an article to explain her diagnosis of ...

In an effort to reveal the inner workings of a protein that serves as a cell's damage detection system, scientists at Johns ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown that DNA inflexibility, or rigidity, inside the ...