Genetics

• Maize genome mapped

  Sequence should help corn breeders meet global demands for food and fuel.

  19 November 2009

• Gene-makers form security coalition

  Latest salvo in the gene-synthesis 'standards war' sees firms set up a competing code.

  18 November 2009

• Plant genetics database at risk as funds run dry - Premium content

  National Science Foundation to cut support for Arabidopsis resource.

  18 November 2009

• Biodiversity: On the origin of bar codes - Premium content

  Genetic sequences in a cell's mitochondria can be used to accurately determine species. Could this be because they are responsible for creating what they identify? Nick Lane investigates.

  18 November 2009

• Biologists rally to sequence 'neglected' microbes - Premium content

  For scientists, the thousandth microbial genome is just the start.

  17 November 2009

• Japanese science faces deep cuts - Premium content

  The government's election promises vowed more support for science, but so far budgets look set to shrink.

  17 November 2009

• Selective sequencing solves a genetic mystery - Premium content

  Examining only protein-coding genes finds cause of Miller syndrome.

  13 November 2009

• Evolution of a single gene linked to language - Premium content

  Mutations in the FOXP2 gene could help explain why humans can speak but chimps can't.

  11 November 2009

• Swine flu: One killer virus, three key questions - Premium content

  Nature reports from three laboratories scrutinizing the pandemic flu virus.

  11 November 2009

• The dog cloner - Premium content

  Woo Suk Hwang's former collaborator emerges from the shadow of scandal.

  10 November 2009