Dogs that are constantly hungry and prone to being overweight share a common bit of biology with some obesity-prone humans.

Over time, plants have evolved various strategies to defend against herbivores. A new study uncovers how these plant defense ...

You may have heard of the fantastic-sounding "dark side of the genome." This poorly studied fraction of DNA, known as ...

Paraphrase in combination with HiFi long-read sequencing provides a single framework for resolving highly similar paralogous ...

Genomics encompasses the study of a complete set of genes, their work process, and their way of interacting with each other and the environment. While it incorporates elements of genetics, the primary ...

Feathers may define birds today, but their story began millions of years ago in creatures that looked very different from ...

Genetic engineering in non-human primates has long been limited by the need for virus-based gene delivery methods. Recently, ...

A research team led by Dr. Li Yunhai from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of ...

Scientists have identified new gene modifications that can make tomatoes and eggplants grow bigger, which could help boost yields in developing countries. Humans have been genetically engineering ...

Feb. 13, 2025 — A new study unravels the relationship between mitofusins (mitochondrial proteins) and autophagy. Using gene editing with CRISPR-Cas9, the team has been able to study these ...

Researchers have developed 'tomoseqr' -- a new software tool that enables easy estimation of the three-dimensional (3D) spatial distribution of gene expression. Tomoseqr is free to use and has been ...