A nice, worm surprise

Who would have thought that the roundworm could ever shock the geneticists?

Something in your ear?

Scientists identify the gene behind hereditary deafness

Trees or biofactories?

Cloned to cure

Stunted growth

Researchers have found a gene on the tip of X chromosome that may influence human height

This and that

How the same genes play different roles in different animals

Out of Africa?

The aggression gene

An extra eye

A cell made cancerous

Reconstructed bladder

Gay Gene? Not really

Human evolution and tubers

Drugs aimed at specific genes

It is a possibility thanks to a seemingly insignificant scientific observation

No mistakes

Blood birth

Scientists discover that brain cells can change and become blood in time

Need a hand?

Geneticists examine how limbs were formed

Fifth wheel

In the natural world away from the laboratories, redundant genes are not really useless

No laughing matter

Who's dominating?

Genes of fathers and mothers play unequal roles during infancy, even in plants

Left or right?

How magnetic fields determine the 'handedness' of molecules

Self control

In tune with music

The tendency to acquire the power of absolute pitch may be genetic

Tiny creatures

Scientists claim to have found the smallest form of life

Cancer class