Prokaryotic cells have developed a number of methods for recombining their genetic material, which, in turn, contributes to their genetic diversity. The three most common ways that bacteria ...

Genetics, the science of inheritance and variation among living organisms, can be traced back to the seminal work of Gregor Mendel, published in 1866. Yet today genetics is one of the most fast-moving ...

Fertilization is affected by air pollution. This article concludes the discussion of the impact of air pollutants towards the ...

Scientists from NPL, working in collaboration with AI experts from IBM and the Science and Technology facilities Council ...

Researchers have uncovered unexpected diversity in the genetic processes that determine the sex of the African clawed frog, a significant discovery in what was already one of the most widely studied ...

Scientists take a bold step in understanding life beyond Earth by studying reproduction in space. Mouse sperm aboard the ISS ...

During cell division, mitosis refers specifically to the separation of the duplicated genetic material carried in the nucleus. Mitosis is conventionally divided into five stages known as prophase ...

This is genetic material that is shed from plants and animals ... In Greenland, the team used ancient soil samples to look back in time at the biology of the Early Pleistocene Epoch.

The team has published its results in the journal Science. In contrast to humans, bacteria have the remarkable ability to exchange genetic material with one another. A well-known example with far ...