Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...

Apr. 23, 2025 — An international team has identified a potential microbial culprit behind the alarming rise in early-onset colorectal cancer: a bacterial toxin called colibactin. Scientists ...

Another way of looking at this is that there was a disconnect, at an intermediate stage, between our understanding of plant genetics and a plant's characteristics. Scientists first sequenced corn ...

The iconic pea plant experiments of Gregor Mendel laid the foundations for the science of genetics. Now 160 years on, an international research collaboration has used genomics, bioinformatics and ...

The world is full of tips and tricks on how to live longer—some say it’s about eating clean, others swear by cutting stress.

To camouflage themselves on different plants, two forms of this mimic insect bear different patterns on their backs.

Prostate enlargement is an abnormal enlargement of the prostate gland causing variable degrees of bladder outlet obstruction.

Throughout his career, the California-based nutritionist has shared seven health tips, which he rigorously follows, to maintain his remarkable longevity.

Apr. 25, 2025 — Astronomers have discovered that super-Earth exoplanets are more common across the universe than previously thought. While it can be relatively easy to locate worlds that orbit ...

For the ’whatisness’ of things is one of descriptions Land Institute founder Wes Jackson takes to heart, Tim Unruh writes.