A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers ...

Genetic activity underlies biological functions, so organisms have to make sure that the right genes are expressed at the ...

Researchers at the Earlham Institute have identified a microscopic ciliate species that rewrites two of biology’s genetic stop signals to code for amino acids instead. The finding, made during a ...

Scientists from the Earlham Institute accidentally discovered a single-celled microorganism that violates one of the ...

A study by IRB Barcelona reveals that transfer RNA (tRNA) genes accumulate mutations at a frequency up to nine times higher ...

Scientists are uncovering the deep history and mechanics of the genetic code, the universal biochemical language shared by ...