The mysterious dog populations in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant are genetically distinct from the other dog populations near the nuclear disaster site in Ukraine.
An international team of scientists found that the right number of copies of a specific group of genes can stimulate longer root growth.
Why is ‘junk DNA’ not deleted from the original genome over millions of years of evolution?
Patients with the disease Robinow Syndrome and similar diseases that affect the skeletal system have short-limb dwarfism and facial abnormalities.
Researchers have located and successfully edited the gene responsible for reptilian color variants.
Adults living with this gene may not know they have it. The symptoms include frequent kidney stones and high levels of calcium in the blood.
This happens in between about 1 in 800 to 1 in 6000 births - and the mother was as shocked as anybody.
Enzymes that are modified using this process, called the CADENZ Method, could have long-reaching impacts.
Humans appear to have the genes for a full coat of body hair, but evolution has disabled them, a new study has found.
This non-peer-reviewed study helps shed light on some of the complex relationships between respiratory sickness, lung function and COVID-19 severity.