The third edition of a landmark genetics textbook -- Recombinant DNA: Genes and Genomes -- A Short Course -- has just been released. Infused with descriptions of genome sequencing technologies ...

Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform—from bacteria to blue whales—shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific ...

Illustration: A. Canamucio I knew, back in March, that I was taking a gamble. The fourth edition of my human genetics textbook would be published in July, and judging from the rate of genomes being ...

The difference for me now is that -- as the author of one textbook on genetics and co-author of another on biology -- I have a much better idea today of what goes into the researching, writing, ...

Researchers have stored an entire genetics textbook in less than a picogram of DNA, or one trillionth of a gram . It's an advance that could revolutionize our ability to save data.

Zoologists are overhauling the tree of life for the first time in 50 years, thanks to insights from genetics which are challenging long-held views and uncovering real surprises, the world genetics ...

The finding challenges textbook rules of inheritance, which state that children simply receive combinations of the genes carried by their parents.

Philosopher Yafeng Shan explains how today's understanding of inheritance emerged from a muddle of ideas at the turn of the 20th century.