The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...

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A group of small, freshwater animals (bdelloid rotifers) protect themselves from infections using antibiotic recipes 'stolen' from bacteria, according to new research. This raises the potential that ...

Nature is full of surprises, but few are as fascinating as hybrid animals, creatures born from crossing two different species ...

A genomic atlas of Nematostella vectensis reveals how primitive animals created multiple cell types millions of years ago, ...

Some insects and roundworms pick up DNA from bacteria living within their cells, new research shows. The DNA transfer occurs in the animals’ egg cells, so the genetic modification passes between ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — As a kid, all Vincent Lynch wanted to do was hang out by the river near his home, fishing and crabbing and playing in the muck. School, by contrast, was a bore. Then he discovered ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - British animal genetics company Genus expects to report full-year adjusted pretax profit "moderately above" the upper end of current market expectations, sending its shares as much ...

One of the most exciting discoveries in genome research was that the last common ancestor of all multicellular animals already possessed an extremely complex genome. It has long been unclear whether ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- A group of small, freshwater animals protect themselves from infections using antibiotic recipes “stolen” from bacteria, according to new research by a team from the University of ...