Researchers utilized recently published telomere-to-telomere genomes of humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and two ...

A small segment of human DNA boosts brain size and complexity, revealing both the origins of intelligence and its ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that ...

Scientists report that they have learned how certain combinations of rearranged genes can promote the progression of a rare type of kidney cancer.

A chromosome glitch in beetleweed reveals how genome doubling can drive rapid plant evolution and create new species in real ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

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Researchers at the University of Chicago are developing a new technology that overcomes these challenges. By tagging each DNA or RNA molecule and allowing neighboring tags to interact, the technique ...