Researchers track a racehorse “speed gene” back to a single mare in the United Kingdom.
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A reanalysis of the study reporting genes linked to extremely long life, which was retracted from Science last summer, is published in PLoS ONE.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.
Researchers engineer a bacterium that can arm the majority of the insect population with dengue resistance, and stop the virus’s spread to humans.
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