Category: Genetics

Scientists have sequenced and analyzed the genomes of seven individuals who lived between 42,000 and 49,000 years ago in Ranis, Germany and Zlatý kůň, the Czech Republic. The results show that distant familial relationships link the Ranis…

Biologists have identified a new gene in California poplar trees (Populus trichocarpa) — named BOOSTER — that enhances photosynthesis and can boost tree height.

The Linear Pottery Culture (Linearbandkeramik, LBK) communities, which were the first to spread farming across large parts of Europe, showed no signs of population stratification, according to new research led by University of Vienna and…

Kidney cells can make memories too. At least, in a molecular sense.

Neurons have historically been the cell most associated with memory. But far outside the brain, kidney cells can also store information and recognize patterns in a…

The Vikings played a preeminent role in the peopling of the North Atlantic, and one might expect populations that were founded by them to be genetically similar and homogeneous. New research suggests that the Icelandic and Faroese populations…

On a warm, sunny day in April, biologists David Duffy and Jessica Farrell prepare to motor down the Matanzas River on a small boat to catalog the area’s aquatic life. Ripples signal the river’s lazy flow along Florida’s…

The identification of a new hominin group called Denisovans was one of the most exciting discoveries in human evolution in the last decade. Unlike Neanderthal remains, the Denisovan fossil record consists of only several skeletal fragments….

DENVER — A drug found in almost every medicine cabinet may be a treatment for a rare genetic disease.

Ibuprofen may help children with mutations in a gene called MAN1B1, a study in fruit flies suggests. Geneticist Clement Chow of…

DNA methylation is one of several epigenetic mechanisms crucial for regulating gene expression in eukaryotic organisms.

DNA methylation is a normal biological process in…