Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during reproduction. The map marks a major step in the understanding of genetic ...

Human fertility hinges on a delicate molecular ballet that begins even before birth. UC Davis researchers have uncovered how special protein networks safeguard chromosomes as eggs and sperm form, ...

When the genomes of parents come together to create the genome of a child, their DNA recombines; similar parts are rearranged so that a child carries sections of their parents genomes that have been ...

When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things — including a crucial event that happened while she was still growing inside her own mother’s womb.

Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen and their collaborators from Iceland, Denmark and USA published a study today in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology titled "Variant in the ...

The naked mole rat ( Heterocephalus glaber ), native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, has drawn attention from ...

Editor's Note: Molly Przeworski, PhD, creates mathematical models of complex biologic problems to answer questions about population genetics. Dr. Przeworski received the Rosalind Franklin Young ...

Researchers in China have determined to identify the genetic basis for the naked mole-rats’ increased longevity.

Front: Dr. Magdalena Julkowska, Assistant Professor, Boyce Thompson Institute. Back (from left): Dr. Gaganpreet Sidhu, CTO, Meiogenix, Dr. Jim Giovannoni, USDA ...