Did you ever learn the story of Johnny Appleseed as a child? What did he actually do for the growth of apples in America, and what has this taught us about apple genetics? Join Olivia Gordon for a new ...

Research into sustainable agriculture will be strengthened through the enduring legacy of the late John Roberts, a respected ...

For years Yale researchers David Breslow and Mustafa Khokha have worked together with a similar challenge in their sights - trying to capture the ...

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication ...

Scientists have long known that bacteria come in many shapes and sizes, but understanding what those differences mean has ...

Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the earliest stages of embryonic development. These mosaic mutations often go ...

Scientists have discovered that a single gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness—something previously thought to stem only from many genes acting together. People with certain variants of this ...

Find out the surprising ways personality and genes affect each other. Your outlook on life may influence your DNA ...

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

Thanks to Jeff Bezos, you can now become a landlord for as little as $100 — and no, you don't have to deal with tenants or ...

Comparing the genomes of snakes with distinct coloration patterns pinpointed the genetic variants that contribute to these ...