The iconic pea plant experiments of Gregor Mendel laid the foundations for the science of genetics. Now 160 years on, an ...

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 ...

It’s no wonder deep-sea creatures are so strange. They survive against the odds in one of the most extreme environments on ...

Sugar coatings aren't only for candies; they also help viruses, like the ones that cause COVID-19, hide from their hosts' immune system.

Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals, a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences ...

A three-drug combination worked better than any of them alone in treating ALS caused by mutations in the SOD1 gene, per a new ...

A genomic study of gut microbes during antibiotic use finds selective sweeps in a DNA gyrase gene that drive resistance.

Imagine a world millions of years ago, teeming with creatures unlike anything we see today. Among them slithered animals that ...

Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by the famed citizen scientist.

Due to the genetic uniformity within bed bug infestations resulting from extensive inbreeding, one specimen per sample is generally representative of that population. But Booth wanted to make sure ...

This Earth Day, we’re celebrating stories from the past year of UC research that illustrate the resilience of life on our ...

A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able ...