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Political scientist Kevin Smith says his research suggests “political orientations are at least partially under genetic ...

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The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...

WashU biologists, led by Xuehua Zhong in Arts & Sciences, investigated the inner workings of DNA methylation in plants. Their ...

In a "groundbreaking achievement," a clone of an endangered species of ferret has given birth to babies for the very first ...

Cingolani, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, recently came to UAB to head the new Center ...

The requirements for the major in the biological sciences provide both a solid foundation in biology and opportunities to pursue special interests. The major embraces three broad core areas: cells, ...