Three 2,000-year-old cobs in Honduras show that people brought corn varieties back to Mesoamerica, possibly…
Browsing: Genetics
Genetics is the branch of biology that studies genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. It explores how DNA encodes the instructions for life, influencing traits, evolution, and susceptibility to disease. From understanding the structure of the genome to mapping gene expression and editing with technologies like CRISPR, genetics underpins modern medicine, biotechnology, and evolutionary biology. Research in this field reveals how genetic mutations cause disorders, how genes interact with the environment, and how inherited information drives diversity across species. As sequencing and computational tools advance, genetics continues to transform our understanding of biology, health, and human identity.
The display of a smartphone reacts to finger pressure. The carnivorous Venus flytrap, on the…
Banyan trees are fig trees that begin their life as an epiphyte. The most noticeable…
Potential treatments for COVID-19 have been identified after the discovery of five genes associated with…
Ducks, rats, mice, pigs, and chickens had lower or no susceptibility to infection. Humans, followed…
Most people no longer produce Siglec-12 protein, but some of those who do are at…
“Super-spreader” events and extensive person-to-person contact propelled an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a…
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists developed the world’s first mobile genome sequence analyzer, a…
A team of Johns Hopkins University researchers has developed a new software that could revolutionize…
Bees and humans are about as different organisms as one can imagine. Yet despite their…
It sounds like a “Just So Story” — “How the Insect Got its Wings” —…
Proof-of-concept study represents first successful attempt to reverse the aging clock in animals through epigenetic…
Cellular reprogramming can reverse the aging that leads to a decline in the activities and…
Living in space isn’t easy. There are notable impacts on the biology of living things…
A new primate species dubbed the Popa langur has been discovered in Myanmar after years…
Learning from past SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks for future pandemic control. In the COVID-19 pandemic, 57 million…
For the first time, researchers describe how Rho protein really stops gene expression. New research…
The historic NASA Twins Study investigated identical twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly and provided…