Genetics

Genetics

Tardigrades aren’t champion gene swappers after all

Genetic studies reveal more secrets of the bizarre creatures known as tardigrades.

Anthropology

Ancient DNA offers clues to the Canaanites’ fate

DNA is painting a more detailed portrait of the ancient Canaanites, who have largely been studied through the secondhand accounts of their contemporaries.

Genetics

50 years ago, diabetic mice offered hope for understanding human disease

Mice described in 1967 are still helping researchers understand diabetes.

Plants

Borrowed genes give mums the blues

Scientists have genetically modified chrysanthemums to be “true blue” for the first time.

Genetics

Resistance to CRISPR gene drives may arise easily

New tools for pest and disease control could become useless without improvements.

Genetics

These genes may be why dogs are so friendly

Dog domestication may be the result of just a few genetic changes, including ones that made canines more interested in interacting with people.

Genetics

Dog domestication happened just once, ancient DNA study suggests

DNA of ancient canines counters idea that dogs were domesticated twice, in Europe and Asia.

Agriculture

GM moth trial gets a green light from USDA

GM diamondback moths will take wing in a New York field trial.

Genetics

CRISPR adds storing movies to its feats of molecular biology

Video and images could be stored in living bacteria with a little help from the iconic gene editor, CRISPR.

Genetics

How a crop-destroying fungus mutated to infect wheat

Study details how wheat got a new pathogen called blast fungus.

Anthropology

Fossil tooth pushes back record of mysterious Neandertal relative

A Denisovan child’s fossil tooth dates to at least 100,000 years ago, researchers say.

Planetary Science

Readers intrigued by Mars’ far-out birth

Readers sent feedback on the Red Planet's formation, jumping genes and more