European cuckoos lay very different eggs depending on the host species. Genetic analyses have revealed how this adaptation is inherited without leading to speciation.

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

It is often difficult to advocate for the importance of gene inheritance and transmission. After all, why should anyone care about Mendelian genetics? Mendel did excellent work, but his research was ...

Genetics, the study of life processes, had two good and separate hours in the news last week. At Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., the Carnegie Institution of Washington conducted a genetics display to ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

In present-day Soviet Russia, young mouths have a lot to say. Recently 24 students of the Timiryazeff Agriculture Academy in Moscow got hot under their proletarian collars, wrote a steaming letter to ...

This article was supported by readers like you. Our mission is to provide accurate, engaging news of science to the public. That mission has never been more important than it is today. As a nonprofit ...