Genomic surveillance—the process of monitoring and sequencing pathogens—is one of the most important tools for detecting ...

Researchers have spent decades—and billions of dollars—sequencing animal and crop genomes, but fungi have historically been the forgotten middle child of genomics, only noticed when they're ruining ...

Individuals in the midst of a mental health crisis frequently exhibit instability and face an elevated risk of recurring crises in the subsequent weeks, which underscores the importance of timely ...

The exponential accumulation of digital data is expected to outstrip magnetic and optical storage media. DNA’s significantly higher information density combined with the availability of technology for ...

How genetic variation, the fuel for evolution, is maintained is one of the central questions in biology. This is an especially striking question for chromosomal inversions (a change in the structure ...

The naïve immunoglobulin (IG) repertoire in the blood differs from the direct output of the rearrangement process. These differences stem from selection that affects the germline gene usage and the ...