Tiny repeated stretches of DNA in your genome may quietly shape how your body works, how your brain develops and how you ...

For decades, biologists treated DNA as a static string of letters, a linear code that cells read like text on a page. A new ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

Thousands of new genes are hidden inside the “dark matter” of our genome. Previously thought to be noise left over from evolution, a new study found that some of these tiny DNA snippets can make ...

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

Cancer isn't just about broken genes—it's about broken architecture. Imagine a city where roads suddenly vanish, cutting off ...

Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their epigenetics-meticulously placed chemical tags that influence which genes are expressed in ...

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

It turns out that the answer was no: Your dog’s genes don’t predict its behavior, at least not in the simplistic way popular doggy DNA tests often claim.

In a recent study, researcher Dr. Hui Zhou and his colleagues conducted a genetic analysis of the genomes of individuals ...