DNA evidence suggests homo sapiens women more often paired with Neanderthal men, helping explain why Neanderthal genes are rare. Credit: Neil R / CC BY 2.0 New genetic research is reshaping how ...

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Researchers at the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology have uncovered new evidence that two major types of gene-controlling DNA sequences, promoters and enhancers, operate with a shared ...

It turns out that mosquitoes have been bugging us for a very, very long time.

Duckweed is the fastest-growing flowering plant, but new knowledge of duckweed genetics discovered by Adelaide University researchers could lead to even faster growing rates. The research team, led by ...

The genetic network of BTB zinc finger transcription factors and Eip93F is crucial for Kenyon cell identity regulation and neuronal function acquisition in the construction of Drosophila mushroom ...

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If more human females mated with Neanderthal males than the other way around, over thousands of years you would expect to see ...

Neanderthal DNA is not distributed evenly throughout the human genome. Scientists say the explanation may be mating behavior.

In a study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, a team (led by researchers from ...

But the study, published Thursday in the journal Science, shows “that whenever Neanderthals and modern humans have mated, ...

For decades, scientists believed a fertilized egg’s DNA began as a shapeless mass, only organizing itself once the embryo switched on its genes. But new research reveals that the genome is already ...