Genetics

Genetics

How an octopus’s cleverness may have evolved

Scientists have sequenced the octopus genome, revealing molecular similarities to mammals.

Genetics

Ancestral humans had more DNA

A new genetic diversity map marks where humans have gained and lost DNA.

Genetics

How Ethiopian highlanders adapted to breathe thin air

Lower levels of a heart protein may help Ethiopian highlanders breathe thin air, researchers report.

Genetics

Wolves in jackals’ clothing

Africa’s golden jackals are really a species of wolf and deserve a name change, DNA evidence indicates.

Life

The tree of life gets a makeover

Biology’s tree of life has morphed from the familiar classroom version emphasizing kingdoms into a complex depiction of supergroups, in which animals are aligned with a slew of single-celled cousins.

Genetics

Research teams duel over Native American origins

Genetic link between Australia and the Amazon fuels two interpretations of Native American origins.

Genetics

Melonomics: Sounds like a cancer, smells like a melon

The project that published the first melon genome dubbed itself melonomics.

Earth

Bringing mammoths back, life on early Earth and more reader feedback

Readers debate the pros and cons of reviving extinct species, discuss the odd light-processing machinery of the eye and more.

Genetics

Enormous quantities may soon be called ‘genomical’

Genetic data may soon reach beyond astronomical proportions.

Genetics

Genetic switch wipes out tumors in mice

By switching on a single gene, researchers turned cancer cells in mice back into normal intestinal tissue.

Genetics

Mutation-disease link masked in zebrafish

Zebrafish study shows organisms can work around DNA mutations.

Genetics

Gene therapy restores hearing in mice

Scientists have used gene therapy to restore hearing in deaf mice.