For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer. This allows bacteria to ...

A large-scale metagenomic study of 2,561 gut samples from 14 mammal species on the Tibetan Plateau reconstructed 112,313 ...

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"The inclusion of an entire genome from one species in the offspring of the population of another could be viewed as analogous to a system known as horizontal gene transfer," she adds, "yielding a new ...

Dark clouds loom over a mountain in Gansu, China as a harvester bends over the ground to gather tiny orange stalks sprouting from dead insect-husks. These orange stocks are Cordyceps militaris, a ...

In a development that could help protect one of the world's most beloved agricultural commodities, a research team at Penn ...