A gene is a fundamental unit of heredity, consisting of a specific sequence of DNA that encodes the instructions for making a particular protein or set of proteins. Genes are passed down from parents ...

Researchers developed a method that integrates bulk and single-cell data to map how genetic variants influence gene ...

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 ...

For decades, biologists treated DNA as a static string of letters, a linear code that cells read like text on a page. A new ...