Epigenetics refers to the study of heritable changes in genome function that occur without a change in the primary DNA sequence of an organism. One such change is DNA methylation, most frequently ...

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is subjected to the host’s deamination system that includes the cytidine-to-uridine (C-to-U) deamination by apolipoprotein B messenger ...

Transposable elements (TEs) are sequences that replicate and move throughout genomes, and they can be silenced through methylation of cytosines at CpG dinucleotides. TE abundance contributes to genome ...

In a world flooded with data, figuring out where and how to store it efficiently and inexpensively becomes a larger problem every day. One of the most exotic solutions might turn out to be one of the ...

The genetic tweaks that make humans uniquely human may come in small parcels interspersed with DNA inherited from extinct ancestors and cousins. Only 1.5 percent to 7 percent of the collective human ...

History came full circle yesterday on a stage in Washington: James D. Watson, one of two scientists who unraveled the basic structure of DNA nearly half a century ago, beamed as his scientific ...

The oldest DNA ever recovered has revealed a remarkable two-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland, including the presence of an unlikely explorer: the mastodon. Until now, the oldest DNA ever ...