Learn how an ancient fish gene was repurposed to shape the anatomy of human hands.

Microbes move across the planet, linking ecosystems and spreading genes that shape antibiotic resistance, health, and ...

Muscles make up nearly 40% of the human body and power every move we make, from a child's first steps to recovery after ...

Thanks to increasingly efficient and affordable gene sequencing technologies, we can now chart our genetic blueprint in unprecedented detail. But what does each gene do? Of the roughly 20,000 genes ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...

Every step you take depends on a structure most people rarely think about. The pelvis sits at the center of the body and ...

Before cells can divide by mitosis, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can receive a full set of genetic material. Scientists have until now ...

Putting the uniquely human version of a certain gene into mice changed the way that those animals vocalized to each other, suggesting that this gene may play a role in speech and language. Mice make a ...

In A Nutshell Ancient origins: Genes linked to dyslexia date back over 430 million years to early vertebrates: they’re not ...