Microbial genetics encompasses the study of heredity and variation in microscopic organisms, providing fundamental insights into gene structure, function and regulation. This field underpins our ...

Risk of graft-vs.-host disease, an often-debilitating and sometimes-deadly bone marrow transplant complication, can be reduced by matching key immune genes in a transplant recipient and their donor.

The researchers used Merino sheep as an animal model, systematically collecting samples of their hindgut and ruminal microbiota, plasma metabolites, and neurocognitive behavioral phenotype data. Based ...

Technological advancements in computation and genetics have enabled researchers to sequence the genomes of vast numbers of organisms. With metagenomics techniques, researchers are able to sequence all ...

Researchers analyzed archival samples of bacteria and archaea populations taken from the Beaufort Sea, bordering northwest Canada and Alaska. The samples were collected between 2004 and 2012, a period ...

Scientists have discovered the DNA of ancient microbes inside of the remains of woolly and steppe mammoths. This microbial DNA, which may be one million years old or more, may be among the oldest DNA ...

Host genetics shapes the human gut microbiome by altering the intestinal molecular environment, driving significant microbial ...

The Arctic region is experiencing climate change at a much faster rate than the rest of the world. Melting ice sheets, runoff from thawing permafrost and other factors are rapidly changing the ...