Genetics

  1. Agriculture

    A taste of the chocolate genome

    Competing teams have announced the impending completion of the cacao DNA sequence.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Anthropology

    Genome of a chief

    Ancient DNA experts say they are analyzing a lock of Sitting Bull's hair.

    By Alexandra Witze
  3. Genetics

    Keeping Time

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Genetics

    Dog gene heeds call of the wild

    Domesticated dogs passed a gene for dark fur color to their wild cousins.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Genetics

    Genomes and What to Make of Them by Barry Barnes and John Dupré

    By Science News
  6. Health & Medicine

    Closest look yet at lung cancer genes

    A large study offers clues to the genetics behind lung cancer.

    By Laura Sanders
  7. Genetics

    The Newly Sequenced Genome Bares All

    The mapped human genome begins to reveal its secrets.

    By Jessa Netting