Recombination and sexual reproduction lie at the heart of evolutionary innovation, reshuffling alleles to generate genetic diversity and enabling populations to adapt to shifting environments. Meiotic ...

Genomic analysis of Shewanella baltica strains from Baltic Sea sediments reveals that recombination-driven, or sexual, ...

Evolutionary biologists at Skoltech have discovered recombination in bdelloid rotifers, microscopic freshwater invertebrates characterized by their presumed ancient asexuality. The existence of such ...

New research shows bacteria form distinct species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange via homologous recombination. When Kostas Konstantinidis proved that many microbes -- like plants ...

Cell division, the basic means by which genetic information is passed from generation to generation, involves tightly coordinated movements of a cell's DNA. This page describes the major phases of ...

When plants produce seeds, we tend to think that "the genes of the parents mix to create new combinations." Before pollen and ...

The biological research of UC Santa Cruz's Needhi Bhalla to determine the molecular motions at the heart of heredity has yielded a new discovery: The proper transfer of genetic materials depends on ...