The biological research of UC Santa Cruz's Needhi Bhalla to determine the molecular motions at the heart of heredity has yielded a new discovery: The proper transfer of genetic materials depends on ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

Medical experts identify several underlying health issues that could impact pregnancy, along with proactive steps for better ...

The recombination between parental chromosomes, a characteristic of sexual reproduction, plays a crucial role in evolution.

Home > Pressemitteilung: New solutions for the RNA medicine of ... At the RNApp graduate school, young researchers are working to make RNA-based drugs safer and more effective.

“Instead of floating freely and risking uneven distribution, the 2-micron plasmid has evolved a clever trick of hitchhiking,” ...

For generations, a tiny piece of DNA has mastered the art of inheritance by hijacking the yeast cell’s division machinery, ...

Like humans, whales’ chromosomes most commonly express either XX or XY for female or male sex, respectively. One of the whale ...