New research published in Nature Communications into hidden mutations in mitochondrial DNA has uncovered how high mutational ...

Epidemics of infectious disease often come in waves, but the causes of these waves aren't clear, frustrating efforts to ...

Typically, bird flu viruses require several mutations to adapt and spread among humans, according to the scientists behind the research, led by a group at Scripps Research Institute, which has ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Experiments in Acquired Characteristics ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 189 No. 6 (December 1953), p. 92 doi:10.1038 ...