Studying the ways that magenta and yellow flowers intermingle paints a vibrant picture of how the plants exchange genetic ...

Animals from completely different branches of the tree of life, such as insects, worms and vertebrates, independently evolved ...

Genetic counsellors are equipped to discuss the likelihood of having a genetic condition based on an individual’s personal or ...

Humans, who are classified among the five great apes, are closest genetically, i.e., DNA similarity, to chimpanzees (98.8%-99%) and bonobos (98.8%). [Blueringmedia ...

CRISPR will get easier and easier to administer. What does that mean for the future of our species? In 2016, I attended a large meeting of journalists in Washington, DC. The keynote speaker was ...

There are a variety of methods that have been established to curtail the spread of infectious disease, from isolation or donning of PPE to prevent human-to-human transmission, to culling infected ...

A tiny freshwater snail from New Zealand is giving scientists a glimpse into evolution in motion. University of Iowa ...

Collectively, populations of Acanthocyclops vernalis, a species complex of freshwater copepods, are remarkably similar as to morphology and DNA content, despite variability in chromosome number.