A previously overlooked genetic network may help explain why tobacco plants rapidly produce side shoots after their main growing tip...

Long non-coding RNAs have long been treated as if each gene produces a single molecular identity: one RNA, one cellular...

A new method reported in Nature Cell Biology is offering scientists an unusually detailed view of how chemical modifications are...

Australian brown snakes undergo a dramatic transformation as they grow, and new research suggests that the change is written directly...

Koalas may carry more genetic variation in a crucial first line of immune defence than previously recognised, according to a...

A small molecule with a reputation rooted in sustainable chemistry may be about to acquire a new identity in agriculture....

Crop wild relatives may hold the genetic tools needed to help agriculture withstand drought, heat, salinity, emerging diseases and increasingly...

A scientist who conducted molecular genetics research behind the Iron Curtain, built international collaborations before German reunification, and helped reveal...

Gut bacteria have long been recognized as influential partners in human biology, but the ability to test their effects directly...

Pepper plants may be hiding some of their most consequential genetic variation in regions long treated as difficult, repetitive stretches...