A study published in the journal Non-Coding RNA describes the involvement of microRNA-205 in mammary gland development in female mice. MicroRNAs are small, highly conserved, non-coding RNA molecules ...

Increased vegetation growth in European mountains, driven by climate and land use changes, reduces genetic diversity of medicinal plants, as shown by a new study using satellite data and genetic ...

Commercial whaling in the 20th century decimated populations of large whales but also appears to have had a lasting impact on the genetic diversity of today’s surviving whales, new research shows.

At its core, progressive genetic hearing loss arises from alterations in DNA passed down through families. These changes affect genes crucial to hearing, like those responsible for the tiny hair cells ...

A genetic parasite may have robbed humans and other apes of their tails. “It was like lightning struck once,” says Jef Boeke, a geneticist at New York University Langone Health, and ape behinds ...