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Scientists uncovered a novel gene regulation process, associated with the silencing of selfish genes, that could represent the first step in the evolution of imprinting.

A specific gene may play a key role in new treatments that prevent muscle in the body from breaking down in serious muscle diseases.

A new study led by researchers at New York University finds that exposure to chronic radiation from Chornobyl has not damaged the genomes of microscopic worms living there today.

Salk scientists unveil RNA capabilities that enable Darwinian evolution at a molecular scale, and bring researchers closer to producing autonomous RNA life in the laboratory.

According to a new study, an ancient group of fish called gars have the slowest rate of molecular evolution among all jawed vertebrates, meaning their genome changes more slowly than those of other animals.

In a collaborative study, researchers from Kyushu University and Harvard Medical School have identified proteins that can turn or “reprogram” fibroblasts into cells with similar properties to limb progenitor cells.

Researchers have found a novel genetic arrangement that could help a common bacterium in the human gut protect itself from a widely used antibiotic, and have discovered previously unseen genetic arrangements that confer antibiotic resistance.

Scientists from the Keck School of Medicine of USC conducted one of the largest multiethnic studies to date of smoking and epigenetics, research that could eventually lead to better ways to predict smoking-related disease risk.

What is the origin of genetic diversity in plants? Can new mutations acquired during growth be passed on to seeds? Scientists have led to a series of discoveries on this fundamental question in biology.

Scientists have discovered that viruses that infect microbes contribute to climate change by playing a key role in cycling methane, a potent greenhouse gas, through the environment.