Knowing how human DNA changes over generations is essential to estimating genetic disease risks and understanding how we ...

A team of researchers has used advanced DNA sequencing to develop the most comprehensive atlas yet of genetic change through generations, laying the foundations for new insights into the roots of ...

Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of ...

Imagine a creature that can solve puzzles, taste with its skin, shape-shift at will, and even edit its own genetic code. It ...

Have you ever wondered how new species come into existence? Well, buckle up, because we’re about to dive into a moth-tivating ...

Genetic analysis of the giant woolly mammoth reveals a surprising amount of genetic diversity over a million years.

Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of bases of DNA were flipped backwards and moved from ...

Exploring the reasons behind human and mammalian hairlessness, this article discusses the evolutionary advantages of sparse ...

In short: social evolution is moving much faster than genetic evolution, and the mismatch between the two is where much of modern suffering begins. Let’s think like behavioral scientists for a ...

If true, this would call into question decades of assumptions about molecular evolution. “The genetic code is nearly optimal for numerous functions,” said Joanna Masel, the paper’s senior ...

An INRS research team has identified a new family of enzymes that can make precise cuts in single-stranded DNA. A few years ...