Scientists found that some inherited traits can bypass the traditional rules of genetics, revealing a surprising new layer of ...

Scientists are uncovering the secrets of a fast-acting molecular messaging network that strongly influences how people and all organisms adjust and react to the world around them. While DNA and the ...

Hydrangeas demonstrate the importance of phenomics and the powerful influence that the environment has on organisms. The flowers are blue when grown in soil that is acidic but pink when they are grown ...

New research predicts the location of DNA sequences that can form structures besides the canonical double helix—non-B DNA—in the recently released telomere-to-telomere genomes of the great apes, ...

Lamia Wahba is studying how information outside the genetic code can pass between generations and what that means for evolution and disease. When we think about genetic inheritance, we usually leap to ...

The Human Genome Project changed everything. A map of the entire human sequence of DNA was the starting point for an enormous number of discoveries, from disease genes to how humans evolved. But DNA ...

For many years, ancient DNA has been the gold standard for understanding the past, helping reconstruct extinct species, ancient migrations, and the evolutionary history of humanity itself. However, ...

When we think about genetic inheritance, we usually leap to DNA, the four-letter code containing the instructions for building a living organism. Scientists know that DNA encodes everything from hair ...