People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic adage of "survival of the fittest" is constantly at ...

Wood warblers, also called New World warblers, are some of the most colorful birds in North America, with more than a hundred ...

Cross-species functional genomics identify ribosomal protein genes as key regulators of cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart development, implicating them as candidate modifiers for HLHS and ...

Cancer isn't just about broken genes-it's about broken architecture. Imagine a city where roads suddenly vanish, cutting off neighborhoods from essential services.

A pioneering scientific study that could transform the world’s preparedness for future viral pandemics is nearing completion ...

Today's biomedical researchers are relentlessly searching for genes that drive disease, with the goal of creating therapies ...

A new University of California San Diego School of Medicine study offers a unified biological model to explain how genetic ...

Every face is unique. Genetics helps to determine our features, but sometimes genes have errors which, in early fetal ...

A new study proposes that autism arises when genetic vulnerability, an early environmental trigger, and prolonged activation of the cellular stress response align during critical developmental windows ...

The three-hit model, developed from more than a decade of systems biology research, proposes that autism develops when three ...