This structure, announced in their famous paper in the April 1953 issue of Nature, explained how the DNA molecule could replicate itself during cell division, enabling organisms to reproduce ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

This way DNA can reproduce itself without changing its structure -- except for occasional errors, or mutations. The structure so perfectly fit the experimental data that it was almost immediately ...

The new review, detailed in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, examines over a dozen genetic studies published in the past 18 years to indicate an initial branching of humans about 135,000 years ago ...

“This work was transformative: it explained findings from the last ... that researchers can also manipulate and measure the DNA’s structure. When the DNA strands were stretched by the tweezers ...

This image compares three DNA sequencing technologies: Sanger sequencing, Massively Parallel DNA sequencing, and Nanopore DNA sequencing. Sanger sequencing (left) sequences 500-700 bases per reaction ...

This organization can be explained by weak interactions ... building blocks introduced in the monotonous linear structure of double-helical DNA. It has been demonstrated in different laboratories ...

Comparison of a single-stranded RNA and a double-stranded DNA with their corresponding nucleobases. (Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC SA 3.0) The most common type of base pairing is the Watson-Crick base ...

A new study has been published in Nature Communications, presenting the first comprehensive atlas of allele-specific DNA ...

Conjugation is a form of horizontal gene transfer that allows the exchange of genetic material between two organisms or cells ...

Scientists suggest understanding ecDNA’s role in pancreatic cancer could potentially guide future strategies for making ...