The world’s wildlife are facing a barrage of threats caused by climate change, from the loss of suitable habitat to dwindling food supplies. As a result, endangered species across the US are edging ...

Researchers at Hiroshima University have developed a smart genetic reference library for locating and weeding out disease-causing mutations in populations. The technique and database, developed by Dr.

Soybean’s single biggest threat causes at least $1.5 billion in yield losses each year. But the crop’s most effective tool against soybean cyst nematode, genetic resistance, is starting to fail, so a ...

Visitors can learn about the history of genetics in the new exhibit, “Genetics: What Makes You Unique,” which chronicles ...

The often-mentioned fact that humans and chimpanzees are 99.9 percent identical in their DNA is hard to accept for some people, who can't comprehend how we could share so much of our basic genetic ...

Eastern Pennsylvania is home to beautiful farmlands and countryside, but it's also a gold mine of information for geneticists, who have studied the region's Amish culture for decades. Because of their ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed the first soybean cyst nematode pangenome, an important tool in fighting the most economically damaging pest of soybean.