A breakthrough method for analyzing the DNA of centuries-old plant samples has given scientists an edge in combating the ...

Epigenetic variation, like genetic variation, can be inherited and influence traits across generations. However, epigenetic ...

The course is an introduction to developmental biology and genetics - in plants, animals and other relevant groups of organisms. We will use concepts and principles from genetics and epigenetics to ...

It's time for researchers to reconsider the current paradigm of cancer as a genetic disease, argues Sui Huang from the Institute for Systems Biology, U.S., and colleagues in an essay published in ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Modern humans descended ...