People carrying a certain gene variant that dictates fresh underarms are less likely to wear antiperspirant.
People carrying a certain gene variant that dictates fresh underarms are less likely to wear antiperspirant.
Scientists uncover the identities of anonymous DNA donors using freely available web searches.
By analyzing a collection of 24 genetic variations, researchers are able to predict the hair and eye color of long-dead humans.
Researchers identify a chromosome in ants that influences colony social structure and, much like the mammalian Y sex chromosome, doesn’t recombine.
Stomachs of flesh-eating flies carry the DNA of animals in remote rainforests.
Scientists show that horizontal transfer of a particular DNA sequence among a diverse range of vertebrates is more widespread than previously believed.
In the final chapter of his book on the origins of vertebrate sex, author and paleontologist John Long pays homage to the humble placoderm, which got the erotic ball rolling.
| January 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the January 2013 issue of The Scientist.
A microfluidic device scans individual C. elegans for abnormal traits and sorts wild-type animals from mutants.
Doctors turn to good microbes to fight disease. Will the same strategy work with crops?