A wide range of pea phenotypes are cultivated at the Shenzhen Germplasm Resource Nursery. [Photo provided to China Daily] Mendel's work led to the discovery of genetic inheritance and the laws of ...

Researchers from more than 50 international institutions have launched Open Problems, a collaborative open-source platform to ...

Genetics is the branch of science concerned with genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. It seeks to understand the process of trait inheritance from parents to offspring, including ...

Cancer genetics is the study in humans and other animals of heritable gene variants that cause or confer altered risk of tumour or hematological malignancy. Individual cancer risk varies and is ...

Genes and Genetics News. Read today's medical research in genetics including what can damage genes, what can protect them, and more.

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

The ability to problem solve and make decisions for ourselves is a key thinking skill that is hugely important throughout life. The greater your skill in this area, the better you are at searching ...

A new study suggests that drinking instant coffee could raise the risk of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of vision loss in older adults. Interestingly, the study, published ...