Sweetpotato, a critical food crop for millions, has finally had its genetic code fully decoded after decades of mystery.

DNA consists of a code language comprising four letters which make up what are known as codons, or words, each three letters long. Interpreting the language of the genetic code was the work of ...

CHICAGO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A study that analyzed the genetic code of a quarter of a million U.S. volunteers found more than 275 million entirely new variants that may help explain why some groups are ...

Artificial intelligence continues to revolutionize science, with recent advances now reaching the field of genetics.

The essential balance of redox reactions, protein synthesis and folding, protection of cell membranes, and integrity of genomic DNA depends on a handful of proteins called selenoproteins that include ...

Scientists testing a new method of sequencing single cells have unexpectedly changed our understanding of the rules of genetics. The genome of a protist has revealed a seemingly unique divergence in ...

Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center have developed a new method to discover how DNA controls genes. Their technique, ...

"First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Profile Books Ltd"--Title-page verso. The story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code, the thing that ultimately enables a spiraling molecule ...