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...

Chromatin, the molecular packaging system that compacts DNA inside the nucleus, is not merely a passive storage device. By loosening...

A new study has uncovered how the immune system locks developing cells into the type 1 classical dendritic cell, or...

Variant effect prediction has entered a new phase, but one of biology’s largest blind spots remains stubbornly difficult to resolve....