A study has traced thousands of conserved regulatory elements back 300 million years, revealing deep principles of plant ...

This image compares three DNA sequencing technologies: Sanger sequencing, Massively Parallel DNA sequencing, and Nanopore DNA sequencing. Sanger sequencing (left) sequences 500-700 bases per reaction ...

More than 2.3 million ancient genetic switches discovered in plants reveal how key growth controls endured 300 million years ...

In a single experiment, scientists can decipher the entire genomes of many patient samples, animal models, or cultured cells.

Studying endangered animal species without disturbing them and disrupting their natural habitat could be highly advantageous, ...

Researchers uncovered millions of ancient plant DNA switches—some older than flowering plants themselves—revealing a hidden evolutionary blueprint stretching back 400 million years. Most people have ...

Scientists have uncovered an enormous hidden archive of plant DNA that has endured for more than 400 million years. By ...

Zettabytes—that’s 10 21 bytes—of data are currently generated every year. All of those cat videos have to be stored somewhere, and DNA is a great storage medium; it has amazing data density and is ...

Plants are usually seen as stationary life forms, quietly supporting environments. But plant communities and populations are ...

Discover how CRISPR genome editing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn the science of Cas9, current clinical trials, and the ...

Genetic switches near the FTO locus may enable hibernators’ extreme metabolic resilience and could inspire future treatments ...