During the first few years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus SARS-CoV-2 was detected in an increasing number of non-human ...

Crops increasingly need to thrive in a broader range of conditions, including drought, salinity, and heat. Traditional plant ...

Potentially more than 90% of Alzheimer's disease cases would not occur without the contribution of a single gene (APOE), ...

A large genetic study shows that many people carry DNA sequences that slowly expand as they get older. Common genetic ...

Animals have evolved crab-like bodies at least five times throughout history, a process known as carcinization.

A giant functional atlas of immune cells in a Chinese cohort reveals crucial differences with European and Japanese data sets ...

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

The modern world offers an abundance of convenience foods. But our Stone Age physiology isn't built for modern diets, which ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

Researchers studying Caribbean whales and orcas have discovered two new viruses not previously observed in these animals. The ...

The easiest way is a cut test. Take random samples of ~10 fruits/seeds and cut them in half to see if solid. Many maples, ...

A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.