Genetics

Genetics

genes • gene editing • heredity• evolution • genetic variability • phenotypic variability • horizontal gene transfer • meiosis • recombination • epigenetics • DNA repair and replication • chromosome segregation • cell division • gene regulation • development • aging • pathogenesis • cancer • disease

Mary Gehring
Faculty Spotlight

Mary Gehring

Professor of Biology; Core Member and David Baltimore Chair in Biomedical Research, Whitehead Institute; Graduate Officer

Mary Gehring researches epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation in plants.

Q&A: Pulin Li on recreating development in the lab

Evolution in Action Series: Birth of a species

Scientists develop a rapid gene-editing screen to find effects of cancer mutations

Uncovering answers to longstanding questions about sex differences in autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases

De-tail-ing RNA regulation in eggs and early embryos

How cells accurately assemble complex machinery

Sex chromosomes responsible for much more than determining sex

Cell fate choice during adult regeneration is highly disorganized, new study finds