A plant study reveals that some mRNAs regulate other genes without making proteins, challenging the divide between messenger RNA and regulatory RNA.

Humans and chimpanzees share almost all their genes. Despite this, our brains have developed in different ways. Researchers ...

DNA is the blueprint of life. Genes encode proteins and serve as the body's basic components. However, building a functioning organism also requires precise instructions about when, where, and how ...

An ancient viral insertion silences LINC00662 in chimpanzee cells, while the gene is active during early human brain ...

Digital DNA molecule, structure. Concept binary code human genome. DNA molecule with modified genes, 3D illustration When synthetic biologists sketch gene circuits, they usually think in terms of ...

In three studies published in Nature today, Australian researchers have made advances in our understanding of how genetic ...

A gene set enrichment analysis of 178 strong-evidence male infertility genes reveals overrepresentation of ciliary, endocrine ...

Enhancers are pieces of DNA that act like switches, regulating when genes are turned on and off and how strongly they are activated. Scientists know these switches play a critical role in cancer and ...

DNA methylation is a key epigenome component that helps dictate how genes are expressed, contributing to normal cell and tissue differentiation during development, as well as the process of biological ...

In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers analyzed genetic information from more than a million people and ...

Genome-wide analysis and expression profiling linked changes in ten DNA methylation-related genes to ethephon-induced ...