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

David C. Page
Faculty Spotlight

David C. Page

Professor of Biology; Member, Whitehead Institute; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

David C. Page examines the genetic differences between males and females — and how these play out in disease, development, and evolution.

So-called “junk” DNA plays a key role in speciation

Rewiring cell division to make eggs and sperm

A “tail” of two RNA regulatory systems

The proteins that package DNA to fit inside cells have another role: tuning gene expression

Using CRISPR as a research tool to develop cancer treatments

An on-off switch for gene editing

Eyeless roundworms sense color

Cells are known by the company they keep