FlyBase, the world's only fruit fly database, is in the crosshairs of Trump's attack on Harvard. Here's why it could matter ...

Genetics articles from across Nature Portfolio. Atom; RSS Feed; Definition. Genetics is the branch of science concerned with genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms.

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...

A study led by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine shows how a genetic mutation associated with Crohn's disease can worsen iron deficiency and ...

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung have discovered ...

To Shakespeare’s Hamlet we humans are “the paragon of animals”. But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans are far from being evolution’s greatest achievement.

Michael Arbenz & Andy Sheppard, From Bach to Ellington—Live. Two of the greatest innovators in classical music and jazz ...

Arsenic is a daily poison in many parts of the world, such as Bangladesh where soil has high levels of naturally occurring arsenate. Wells drilled willy nilly by well-meaning organizations ended up ...

To Shakespeare's Hamlet, we humans are "the paragon of animals." But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans are far from being evolution's greatest achievement.

These scientists may be lesser known than Einstein and Newton, but they made giant contributions to science, including astronomy, physics, chemistry and medicine. Isaac Newton once wrote, "If I have ...

GSEApy is a Python/Rust implementation for GSEA and wrapper for Enrichr. GSEApy can be used for RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, Microarray data. It can be used for convenient GO enrichment and to produce ...

Genetic analysis reveals shared biological mechanisms in depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. by Anke Schlee, Max Planck Society.