We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

The study suggests that the geometric code may have been a key adaptation that accelerated the evolution of complex body plans. During the Cambrian expansion, genome geometry could have enabled a ...

A spider on the Canary Islands lost half its DNA but gained more genetic variety. Scientists say this changes how we ...

The genome structure — how genes are organized within DNA sequences in an organism — is fundamental to the processes and functions of organisms. A team at the University of Tokyo has developed a ...

Research from UChicago dissects how a single genetic switch helps butterflies mimic wing patterns of other species to protect ...

A vaccine that tackles the bacteria that cause up to 200 million childhood infections every year could be possible, experts ...

Researchers at Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI) and the Irish Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory at St James's ...