Plastic chemicals may harm DNA, as new research reveals how additives disrupt nematode egg formation, suggesting risks to human reproductive health.

Scientific debates can be as passionate and high-profile as political ones. Learn about an epic battle waged between the Castle and Morgan laboratories over the organization of genes. Sturtevant's ...

In some organisms, like humans, chromosomes are linear, but in other organisms, like bacteria, chromosomes are typically circular. In prokaryotes, the circular chromosome is contained in the ...