Ancient evidence suggests a new twist in how we all got here.

Genetic research does not always produce tidy answers. Sometimes it reveals traces that raise more questions than they settle ...

Researchers studied an error mechanism in DNA replication, and noticed that some errors create palindromes that can fold into hairpin structures. The complexity of ...

A gene that helped one species split into two species shows evidence of adapting much faster than other genes in the genome, raising questions about what is driving its rapid evolution. The paper in ...

How much do your genes determine how long you'll live? It's a question that fascinates us, and one that's been debated for ...

The complexity of living organisms is encoded within their genes, but where do these genes come from? Researchers resolved outstanding questions regarding the origin of small regulatory genes, and ...