With a rate of mutation 35 percent higher than random chance, this previously unknown weakness could be a major vector for ...

Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication ...

Researchers have unlocked the final gaps in the human genome, and what they tell us could mean big waves for the future of ...

BioQuest announced the “completion of a draft reference genome for the critically endangered Bermuda Cedar [Juniperus ...

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

Researchers at Duke University used CRISPR technologies to discover previously unannotated stretches of DNA in the 'dark genome' that are responsible ...

The researchers also devised a new way to calculate a dog’s age, but it’s arguably more complicated than simply multiplying ...

Two different groups migrated to what become Australia and New Guinea 60,000 years ago, and researchers are only just beginning to grasp their genetic data.

An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals ...

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

The first phase of the U.K. synthetic human genome project has successfully completed, realizing key steps in chromosome ...