What if your own blood belonged to someone else? In a story that sounds like science fiction, a woman in Brazil has ...

What if your own blood belonged to someone else? In a story that sounds like science fiction, a woman in Brazil has discovered that every cell in her bloodstream carries male XY chromosomes. This ...

A study in fruit flies suggests an internal genomic arms race may be driving rapid evolution in proteins that still perform an essential, unchanging job: protecting chromosome ends.

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day ...

A team of researchers has generated one of the most detailed 3D maps of human chromosomes, cataloging over 140,000 DNA looping interactions.

CpG density and epigenetic modification state modulate DNA mechanics, altering its intrinsic compatibility with nucleosome formation.

I received one of those DNA kits as an early Christmas present. What I discovered when I researched my profile online has ...

The centromere is necessary for the transport of chromosomes during cell division and, therefore, for the correct ...

One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published ...

A groundbreaking genetic study has revealed that Italians who reach 100 carry significantly more ancient Western hunter-gatherer DNA than their younger counterparts. The research, published in ...

Chromothripsis enables cancer cells to evolve and resist treatment. With their new findings, researchers hope to explore ways ...

The vampire squid genome shows it kept ancient features shared with squids, while octopuses gained major chromosomal changes.