Tangles in unwound DNA can create mutational hotspots in the genomes of bacteria, according to a new study by the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath. The study authors say these ...

In Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass," Alice is stuck in a never-ending race with the Red Queen yet never gains a ...

When Charles Darwin first proposed how evolution works in 1859, it seemed plausible. Tiny changes stack up over time, eventually leading a species to become something entirely different. Aside from ...

Scientists at the University of Vienna, Austria, have screened great ape specimens obtained from natural history museums to identify DNA viruses. This groundbreaking study provides unique insights ...

Levine and her colleagues set out to answer this question by studying fruit flies known as Drosophila melanogaster. They ...

Recently, advancements in human DNA decoding technology allow for the reading of long DNA sequences at once through a method known as "long-read sequencing." This development enables the decoding of ...

A new study shows that cancer damages its own DNA by pushing key genes to work too hard. Researchers found that the most ...

Artificial intelligence allows tracing the evolution of genetic control elements in the developing mammalian cerebellum. An international research team led by biologists from Heidelberg University as ...