In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems.

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

A man has been arrested in a woman's 1979 cold case murder after investigators used genetic genealogy to zero in on his ...

Genetic and genomic testing guide breast cancer risk assessment and treatment, as discussed by Dr. Mark Robson at the Miami ...

Kathryn Donohue, of Arlington, Virginia, was found dead at her home in Glenarden, Maryland, on March 3, 1979. Donohue was 31 ...

Cutting-edge DNA genealogy technology is breathing new life into decades-old murder investigations in Alabama, offering hope ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Steven Harrington was one of two people convicted of killing Tom Hollar and savagely beating his wife, Christine.

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.