Genetics

Genetics

Poppies make more than opium

A 10-gene cluster controls the flowers’ production of a valuable cough suppressant and antitumor compound.

Anthropology

Frozen mummy’s genetic blueprints unveiled

DNA study reveals the 5,300-year-old Iceman had brown eyes, Lyme disease and links to modern-day Corsicans and Sardinians.

Genetics

Crosses make lab mice even more useful

Scientists have bred new strains of lab animals with the goal of making it easier to tease out genetic components of complex diseases.

Genetics

Today’s information revolution illuminates diseases spread in the age of discovery

Genetics

Flexible DNA computer finds square roots

Scientists design a digital circuit made of molecules that may be able to crunch a wider variety of complex math problems than previous versions.

Genetics

Some genes like it hot

Some regional DNA differences may be due to climate, global surveys suggest.

Agriculture

A taste of the chocolate genome

Competing teams have announced the impending completion of the cacao DNA sequence.

Anthropology

Genome of a chief

Ancient DNA experts say they are analyzing a lock of Sitting Bull's hair.

Genetics

Keeping Time

New findings show how circadian clocks make the body tick.

Genetics

Dog gene heeds call of the wild

Domesticated dogs passed a gene for dark fur color to their wild cousins.

Genetics

Genomes and What to Make of Them by Barry Barnes and John Dupré

Health & Medicine

Closest look yet at lung cancer genes

A large study offers clues to the genetics behind lung cancer.