Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating ...

In addition, epigenetics is important for X-chromosome inactivation ... tumor-suppressor genes. In fact, these types of changes may be more common in human cancer than DNA sequence mutations ...

A high-quality genome assembly of Silene latifolia was generated by researchers at CNRS/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and ...

Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden made an unexpected discovery while investigating genetically unique women.

UCSF researchers found that brain cells age more quickly when they rely solely on the X chromosome inherited from a female's ...

Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden made an unexpected discovery while investigating genetically unique women.

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

A new study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing mismatched DNA are critical in eliciting damages to neurons that are most vulnerable in Huntington's disease and ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

New research using publicly-shared DNA barcodes and citizen science images have provided new evidence on the establishment and spread of a biological control agent used for the control of the major ...

An artistic depiction of a chromosome that is missing some of its "lights," representing rare diseases where people are missing relatively large portions of their genome from one parent.