We sequenced the oldest ever DNA, from million-year-old mammoths
About a million years ago, there was a known species of mammoth inhabiting Siberia. This was thought to be the ancestor of later species, but was it?
In-depth: What ails India’s coronavirus genome sequencing system
The country sequenced only 0.2% samples till date, one of the lowest in the world
Genomic sequencing: Here’s how researchers identify omicron and other COVID-19 variants
When an organism replicates, it makes a copy of its entire genome to pass on to its offspring. Sometimes errors in the copying process can lead …
The ‘weird’ male Y chromosome has finally been fully sequenced. Can we now understand how it works & how it evolved?
Y chromosome bears genes that determine maleness and make sperm — but it’s also small and seriously weird