Transcriptome studies reveal new insights about unusual animals whose genomes have not been sequenced.
Transcriptome studies reveal new insights about unusual animals whose genomes have not been sequenced.
A red alga appears to have adapted to extremely hot, acidic environments by collecting genes from bacteria and archaea.
Tuberculosis bacteria find shelter from drugs and the body’s defenses in bone marrow stem cells.
As wolves became domesticated, their genes adapted to a starch-rich diet of human leftovers.
Comparing gene transcripts from different species reveals surprising splicing diversity.
Archaea packages DNA around histones in a similar way to eukaryotes, suggesting that fitting a large genome into a small space was not the original role of chromatin.
Genes from fungi, bacteria, and viruses may have helped mosses and other plants to colonize the land.
A parasitic worm accumulates epigenetic DNA tags over its lifetime.
In mutating to evade immune detection, HIV becomes susceptible to detection by different antibodies, suggesting new strategies for vaccination.