A new study by investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School is providing one of the most detailed ...

Groundbreaking research shows that as men age, harmful genetic mutations in sperm become more common—not just from random ...

Much of the phenotypic variation that is observed within and between species is the result of differences in gene regulation: specifically when, where and how much the genes are expressed. Given the ...

Many scientific discoveries are serendipitous—the result of chance. Seeing evolution in action in a cheese cave turned out to be exactly that for Benjamin Wolfe, associate professor of biology, and ...

The arrival of agriculture coincided with a sharp rise in a gene variant that protected against the virus that causes winter ...

Scientists in Helsinki studied nearly 400 dog families to see how new DNA mutations arise in puppies. They found that older parents, especially fathers, pass on more genetic changes. The research ...

The discovery of chemical signatures of lead in hominid fossils challenges our understanding of ancient environmental ...

Women tend to live longer than men, and while the extra years can be partially attributed to biology, behavioral differences also contribute to the sex-based gap. Men are more likely to engage in ...

A study published in Science reveals a cellular mechanism involved in the inheritance of genetic mutations. The study also ...

Tobacco smoking is linked to specific genetic mutations in MDS, affecting chromatin modification and RNA splicing pathways. A dose-response relationship exists, with higher smoking intensity ...