Genetics
New research method’s validity confirmed by bottom trawls.
CRISPR-Cas9 tool helps scientists edit DNA.
Researchers use the DNA of currently-living Quebecois to help identify their ancestors.
Rings of DNA inside bacteria use CRISPR process to attack each other.
Genetic differences between forest lizards and city lizards show evolution can play out the same way again and again.
Early research suggests virus can protect rodents without negative side effects.
Despite high-profile study, the ancestors of humans living today likely evolved in many places at once, say critics.
Oxygen-sensing genes allow cells to adapt when oxygen levels drop.
For the bluehead wrasse, going from female to male involves a dramatic genetic reprogramming in the sexual organs.
Scientists identify two genes behind plant cell pumps that produce sourness -- and variation in flower color.
For the first time, scientists have sequenced the poppy genome -- and found some curious genetics at work.