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Learn how a breakthrough genetic study may help scientists locate and save one of Earth's most elusive mammals.

A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego is making it easier for researchers from a broad range of ...

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Is it extinct, or does it still roam somewhere deep in the misty highland forests of Vietnam and Laos? It has been nicknamed ...

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The Coalition for a GM-Free India criticizes the government's decision to release genome-edited rice varieties, alleging ...

The genome incorporation mechanism for LINE-1, the only autonomously active retrotransposon in humans, leverages the cell ...

Scientists warn of job losses, fewer young scientists and economic impact government-funded research fuels the economy ...

The only remaining autonomous 'jumping gene' can only attach to, and stitch a copy of itself into, DNA when it builds up into large clusters and only as cells divide.

New genomic analysis findings could help inform breeding efforts for apples that are tastier and more resilient. A comprehensive new study comparing the genomes of species within the Malus genus, ...