For the first time, a research team at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) has succeeded in ...

In a new study published in Genes & Development, research led by Dr. Lila Allou at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences ...

In a time when what defines gender is being questioned and discussed, a new study reveals that single changes in DNA make dramatic differences.

By analyzing ancient and modern DNA, scientists are uncovering the genetic origins of the Greek people, shaped over millennia ...

Remarkably, 98 percent of our DNA does not code for genes. Once considered “junk DNA,” it is now well appreciated that these ...

DNA solved the 70-year-old mystery of the Martin family, who disappeared in 1958 while looking for greenery for Christmas ...

You probably have a member of your family that you're not related to by blood—a step-parent, an adopted cousin, your mom's ...

Scientists now recognize that spontaneous DNA errors, which we acquire in early development all the way until our last breath ...

Scientists are still trying to understand why our Neanderthal DNA hasn't all been eliminated by natural selection.

Researchers have discovered that 8,000 years ago, families did not rely on DNA, revealing social bonds stronger than blood ...

Scientists have taken an important step toward a gene therapy that could one day turn off the extra genetic material that ...

Humans have about 3 billion DNA bases in their genetic makeup. However, most of it does not encode for protein.