How can you write data to DNA without changing the base sequence? A new method lets anyone with a kit write data to DNA with just one enzyme.

Many regions help control when and where genes are active. A genetic variant is a change in the DNA sequence. When a variant occurs in reproductive cells, it can be passed from parent to child and ...

Mistakes made during DNA replication can lead to mutations—permanent alterations in the DNA sequence that can have varying effects on the organism, ranging from benign to harmful.

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

The Earth BioGenome Project seeks to genetically profile over a million plants, animals, and fungi as they build an atlas of complex life on Earth.

Scientists Sequence DNA from a 3,000-Year-Old Brick A chunk of a Mesopotamian palace revealed genes from dozens of ancient plants ...

Embedded ancient viral DNA When our primate ancestors were infected with viruses, sequences of viral genetic information would replicate and insert themselves in various locations in the host’s ...