Ancestry and lifestyle choices of parents may affect the rate and type of new genetic changes that arise in their children, ...

Researchers have discovered the genetic region responsible for blackberries' deployment of a type of pointy self-protection: ...

A study from the Institute for Basic Science discovered the role of mini-exon B in brain connectivity and function. This ...

Chinese scientists have challenged over a century of Darwinian theory, demonstrating that acquired traits can influence ...

A study of 10,000 parent-child trios reveals that children’s new genetic mutations vary slightly by parental ancestry and ...

The secret to tackling one of the United States’ most deadly chronic diseases may reside thousands of miles away in the ...

DNA is the genetic code that provides the biological instructions for every living species, but not every bit of DNA helps ...

Your orange cat may host a never-before-seen genetic pathway for color pigmentation, according to new studies ...

Complex traits are influenced by genes and the environment, but especially the latter is difficult to pin down. This important study uses C. elegans to demonstrate that non-genetic differences in gene ...

Boris Johnson is reported to have had nine children while Elon Musk is said to have had 14. What is the psychology that ...

Why am I mentioning this when writing an opinion piece on the Dire wolf? Well, it has been claimed, though admittedly not by ...