Scientists are hopeful it will improve understanding of how genes work, what goes wrong in disease, and how to fix it.

Genome size exhibits extensive variation across the life of a tree. Previous studies have predominantly focused on ...

One hundred years after the heroic journey to Nome, scientists reveal how Balto's DNA explains his incredible endurance and ...

The revolutionary tool uncovers where small hammerhead sharks still survive — and how science could save them.

Washington, DC Program The Forum featured sessions on genetics of complex traits and common morbidity over a lifetime; ...

Around 45 percent of human DNA is made up of transposable elements, or TEs—genetic leftovers from now-extinct viruses that scientists once believed to be “junk DNA.” But that view is changing, and a ...

MIT researchers discovered that the genome’s 3D structure doesn’t vanish during cell division as previously thought. Instead, ...

A new company, Nucleus Genomics, recently announced a whole new program of genetic testing. It is way past anything that you ...

Researchers set a new world record for the fastest DNA sequencing, completing a whole genome in under four hours—a ...

Migratory birds, sea turtles and salmon have something in common: every year, they return to their birthplaces to reproduce.