The genetic code, a universal blueprint for life, governs how DNA and RNA sequences translate into proteins. While its ...

Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform – from bacteria to blue whales – shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific ...

Scientists analyze 4.3 billion dipeptides across species to trace genetic code evolution and early protein development.

In this AI-generated illustration of Earth at the dawn of life, a distant volcano towers over shallow pools of water. It is possible the earliest life forms evolved in such environments. Credit: ...

Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform – from bacteria to blue whales – shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific ...

Now, in a new study published in Nature, scientists from the University of Geneva, EPFL, and collaborators in the U.S. have ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

A comparison of 62 animal genomes is revealing how humans and other mammals lost their hair. Orangutans, mice, and horses are covered with it, but humans aren’t. Why we have significantly less body ...