How do cells know what they should become as the body develops? Biological development depends crucially on spatial patterns: ...

A protein historian and evolutionary biochemist found that a protein sequence present across all known life didn’t form as ...

Aging, neurological diseases and our bodies' stress response are all linked to the tiny power plants inside each cell known as mitochondria. To function properly, mitochondria must first read ...

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make ...

Several genetic variants associated with social behavior in honey bees are located within genes that have previously been ...

Genetics may no longer be the driving force of human evolution, a study by researchers from the University of Maine suggests.