This article introduces the field of bioinformatics and its importance as a cornerstone of biological research, as well as its history from the comparative analysis of the first amino acid sequences ...

For ten years running, computer scientist Alexandros Stamatakis from the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) ...

Animals from completely different branches of the tree of life, such as insects, worms and vertebrates, independently evolved ...

What makes plants grow to a certain size? From the tiniest cells to whole leaves, roots, and stems, growth has to be ...

An ambitious plan to sequence genomes for 1.85 million eukaryotic species on our planet is underway. It's a massive ...

The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...

The Age of AI will rely on massive volumes of data that can be easily stored and retrieved—and bioscience may have an ingenious solution. A scientist examines a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) profile on ...

Transcriptomic analyses of 20 plant species helped identify genes involved in the evolution of seed production, offering ...

The shape, or structure, of proteins determines how they work, making it essential for researchers to have access to high-quality structural models.