Editor's choice in drug development
Research in yeast shows that aneuploidy is both a consequence of and an adaptation to stress.
Researchers track a racehorse “speed gene” back to a single mare in the United Kingdom.
A reanalysis of the study reporting genes linked to extremely long life, which was retracted from Science last summer, is published in PLoS ONE.
Chromosomes accidentally stranded outside of the nucleus could contribute to cancer formation.
Genetic differences influence how well people perform on IQ tests as children and senior citizens.
Two new sequencing machines will read a human genome in 24 hours.
Examples of parasites that manipulate the behavior of their hosts are not hard to come by, but scientists have only recently begun to understand how they induce such dramatic changes.
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A mutated feline receptor for sweet tastes explains why cats don’t love sugar but do dig mushrooms.