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Using a novel lab technique, researchers identified a mutation that allows the virus to insert more genetic material into host cells.

A report of preserved fragments of nuclei and chromatin in a fossilized femur of a 125-million-year-old Caudipteryx dinosaur elicits skepticism.

The Scientist spoke with Chapman University’s Yu Zeng about his lab’s finding that the slime-producing cells of the slippery marine fish vary with the creature’s size, which may be an adaptation to thwart different predators.

Brain cells in older Drosophila tend to have more than two complete sets of chromosomes, and that polyploidy most likely has a protective function, a study shows.

Transgender scientists are seeing some success in advocating for standards that allow authors to change their names on previous work.

Working with a virus that infects bacteria, the Stanford University biochemist and developmental biologist helped to develop a way to stitch DNA together, a discovery that gave rise to genetic engineering.

This is the first time sugars have been found connected to RNA molecules, suggesting a new role for RNA.

The linkers gather chromosomes together into chromocenters.

A nanoscale device measures electrical signals inside cells without causing damage.