In an unprecedented leap in scientific discovery, a new lifeform has been constructed using a mere 57 genetic instructions.

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make ...

Newly evolved genes can rapidly assume control over fundamental functions during early embryonic development. The findings suggest that evolutionary changes to the genetics of fundamental biological ...

Scientists sought to work out genetic errors by creating their own artificial genome, which replaced E. coli’s original ...

The central dogma of molecular biology describes the flow of genetic information. It was first described by Francis Crick in 1956 as one-way traffic: as: "DNA makes RNA and RNA makes protein." A ...

While we’re enjoying the last days of summer, many signs of fall are already here: the UC Davis campus buzzing with staff and ...