More than 2.3 million ancient genetic switches discovered in plants reveal how key growth controls endured 300 million years ...

Learn about gene expression studies in progressive supranuclear palsy in Mayo Clinic's Precision Medicine in Neurodegeneration Lab led by Nilufer Ertekin-Taner, M.D., Ph.D.

Learn how Mayo Clinic's Precision Medicine in Neurodegeneration Lab is studying the genetics of Alzheimer's disease in understudied populations.

TRUTH: For decades, textbooks showed a " taste map " dividing the tongue into zones for sweet, sour, salty, and bitter flavors. That chart traces back to a misreading of a 1901 dissertation by German ...

The origin of many diseases begins at the cellular level and involves multiple molecular interactions. However, previous methods have struggled to accurately observe changes in individual cells.

Researchers headed by a team at the University of California, Irvine, Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health have built what they suggest is the first cell type-specific gene regulatory ...

Researchers led by Min Zhang and Dabao Zhang of the University of California, Irvine's Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health have created the most detailed maps to date showing how genes ...

Cucumber is an economically important crop worldwide, ranking as the third most-produced vegetable after tomatoes and onions. Yet breeding improved varieties—plants that are more resilient, produce ...

Did you know one of the largest collections of marine DNA in the entire world is hiding just outside D.C.? In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” we’re taking an even deeper dive into the ...

Autism spectrum disorder is complex; it presents differently in different patients, and the causes are still unclear, even though hundreds of small changes in gene sequences have been linked to an ...

Chr 4 syntenic relationships in Prunus. Synteny between (A) peach and almond, (B) peach and sweet cherry, (C) almond and sweet cherry, and (D) an example of orthologue/paralogue search using the ...