By combining alleles involved in plant height, an agricultural scientist has grown the world’s tallest cornstalk, breaking his own record set in 2017.

A plant breeder succeeds in growing a huge maize plant thanks to a known mutation and a few environmental tricks.

A molecular biologist ventures into entomology to use genetically modified ants as laboratory models of behavioral epigenetics.

Genes shared across species that produce different phenotypes – deafness in humans and directional growth in plants – may reveal new models of disease.

Researchers show that retrotransposons can influence phenotypic variation by triggering early transcription termination.