The international team has already combined six and a half synthetic chromosomes in a functional cell. It is the first time scientists have written a eukaryotic genome from scratch. Yeasts are a ...

For the first time ever, a synthetic eukaryotic genome has been created. By taking yeast cells and rebuilding their genomes, scientists were able to create a yeast that more resilient and produced ...

2006), there is no clear correspondence between genome size and number of protein-coding genes—another indication that the number of genes in a eukaryotic genome reveals little about organismal ...

Karen is a science journalism intern at The Scientist. Her PhD and post doctoral research was in molecular biology. She has previously written for Science, Creative Nonfiction, and Altasea. View Full ...

The first draft genome sequence of the Visayan Spotted Deer (Rusa alfredi), a critically endangered and one of the rarest deer species in the world, has been shared by local researchers, according to ...

Violence and trauma leave inheritable markers on a person’s genome that persist over multiple generations, according to a new study coauthored by Yale anthropologist Catherine Panter-Brick. The ...