Neil Hunter, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Davis, and ...

When a species reproduces, typically, each parent passes on one of their two versions (alleles) of a given gene to their offspring. But not all alleles play fair in their quest to be passed onto ...

Researchers have uncovered a "selfish" X chromosome in the fruit fly Drosophila testacea that manages to distort inheritance ...

Animals that rely exclusively on parthenogenesis to reproduce, like the flowerpot snake, are called obligate parthenogens, ...

She’s just moved in with Elliot. Their new flat is in an affluent neighbourhood, surrounded by bakeries, yoga studios and organic vegetable shops. They even have a garden. And yet, from the moment ...

The year was 2004, the date was August 4, when our article, ‘Inside the tube and closer to nature’, was published as a letter to the editor, in the journal Reproductive Biomedicine, online.

Developmental biology is the field of biology that studies the processes by which multicellular organisms grow and develop, controlled by their genes. Knowledge of normal developmental processes ...

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet: the rainbow. But what if that wasn’t it? Sophomore Ryan Evert experiences a different kind of rainbow. Where others see a sharp distinction ...