Evolution is driven by changes in DNA that sometimes promote adaptation, altering traits like disease resistance or ...

Common ancestor eels lost the aquaporin gene encoding proteins with broad solute permeability. Researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo have now found that recent gene duplication events in the ...

Newswise — When plants transitioned from aquatic to terrestrial environments, they faced severe challenges, including dehydration and increased ultraviolet radiation. To cope with these stresses, ...

Researchers have uncovered how specific DNA rearrangements called inverted triplications contribute to the development of various genetic diseases. The study reveals that during DNA repair, segments ...

Researchers at USC have developed a yeast model to study a gene mutation that disrupts the duplication of DNA, causing massive damage to a cell's chromosomes, while somehow allowing the cell to ...

Biological evolution is recorded in the genomeThe history of life deciphered from DNAAn organism's genome contains not only the information needed to build its current body, but also the remnants of ...

More than 500 species in the world’s largest bat family carry an immune arrangement not previously identified in mammals. Vesper bats possess two separate sets of genes for antibody heavy chains, ...

Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT), which relies on cell-free fetal DNA in the mother's blood, is increasingly common. Yet two studies published online Apri 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine ...

A team of researchers has discovered a genetic syndrome that causes childhood obesity, intellectual disability and seizures. The syndrome comes from an "unbalanced" chromosomal translocation: affected ...