A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected in samples from ...

Maize serves as a vital model species for advancing our understanding of plant biology, yet many mysteries remain about the ...

Livestock breeders could soon have more tools to improve the health and quality of their animals, thanks to a recent study ...

The findings further hint that space rocks may have brought the building blocks of RNA and DNA to Earth long ago ...

Scientists have uncovered an enormous hidden archive of plant DNA that has endured for more than 400 million years. By ...

Our limited understanding of the metabolism of our microbial ancestor is a sizeable gap in our knowledge of how complex life ...

When a virus infects a bacterial cell, the viral genome is the first component to be fully injected into the cell, making it an ideal immune target. A bacterial enzyme anchored to the membrane ...

Researchers uncovered millions of ancient plant DNA switches—some older than flowering plants themselves—revealing a hidden evolutionary blueprint stretching back 400 million years. Most people have ...

A new University of Utah-led study has discovered the mechanism behind a decades-old evolutionary mystery-how "selfish chromosomes" cheat the rules of genetic inheritance.

The cause of type 1 diabetes remains unknown and is a central focus of Boston College Assistant Professor of Biology Emrah Altindis and others in his field hoping to find new ways to help 1.6 million ...