Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

Wolf DNA seems to have influenced the size, smelling power and even personality of modern dog breeds, scientists said.

Inside every human cell, six feet of DNA folds into a nucleus that is only a few micrometers wide, yet still manages to switch genes on and off with exquisite precision. The latest work on ...

Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the ...

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...