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Scientists have long recognized the fact that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) comes exclusively from egg cells in humans. In a new study, researchers have discovered that while mature sperm do carry a small number of mitochondria, they lack intact mtDNA.

Researchers have discovered a protein in fruit flies, called Iditarod, that is important for both autophagy and the upregulation of thermogenic processes.

A new technology where a protein passes through a nanopore could be the key to easy protein sequencing.

Scientists have discovered a new intestinal microbe that feeds exclusively on taurine and produces the foul-smelling gas hydrogen sulfide, providing another building block in understanding microbial processes that have fascinating effects on health.

1,000 reference genomes of the highest quality have now been produced for diverse eukaryotic species across the tree of life, as part of a project from the Sanger Institute.

In a new study into the genetic variants associated with the development of schizophrenia, researchers used a genetic sequencing technique that can parse which variants trigger gene expression and which ones do not.

A new study has shown how sea ice algae adjust to the unusual seasonal rhythms of the Antarctic that cause changes to water salinity and temperature.

North Carolina State University researchers have successfully transferred an important gene from one compartment of a plant cell to another to produce tobacco plants that lack pollen and viable seeds, while otherwise growing normally.

Women could be opting to have unnecessary surgery to avoid breast cancer, after being told they are at high risk from genetic test results which do not take family history into account.

Recently, scientists have begun leveraging next-generation sequencing and associated techniques, such as single-cell RNA sequencing, that researchers can use to study gene expression in hundreds of thousands of individual cells simultaneously.