The stray dogs that roam the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have become unlikely protagonists in a scientific debate about how life ...

In a study published today in Nature, researchers at Queen Mary University of London and the University of Cambridge show that mitochondrial DNA also appears in some cancer DNA, suggesting that it ...

Tangles in unwound DNA can create mutational hotspots in the genomes of bacteria, according to a new study by the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath. The study authors say these ...

Researchers discover that insect sex systems influence the speed of mitochondrial evolution, impacting biodiversity tracking ...

From sandy beaches to hospital rooms, humans are leaving their DNA behind everywhere they go, scientists have found. Researchers analysed samples gathered from the environment in the US and Ireland, ...

A single genetic mutation may have been responsible for allowing multicellular life – and eventually humans – to evolve on Earth. Biologists have found a lone gene capable of turning single celled ...

Scientists at the University of Vienna, Austria, have screened great ape specimens obtained from natural history museums to identify DNA viruses. This groundbreaking study provides unique insights ...

Molecules called polymerases help to faithfully copy the genetic information stored in single strands of DNA Researchers have succeeded in mimicking the chemistry of life in synthetic versions of DNA ...

Scientists have shown that in one in every 4,000 births, some of the genetic code from our mitochondria – the ‘batteries’ that power our cells – inserts itself into our DNA, revealing a surprising new ...

Molecules called polymerases help to faithfully copy the genetic information stored in single strands of DNA Researchers have succeeded in mimicking the chemistry of life in synthetic versions of DNA ...