Researchers harness the power of the world’s most advanced supercomputers to simulate the inner workings of cellular ...

Mobile DNA elements, such as Insertion Sequence (IS) elements, transposons, integrative elements (e.g. integrative islands), ...

A team led by Professor Kazuhiro Maeshima of the National Institute of Genetics (ROIS) and SOKENDAI in Japan has developed a ...

Indeed, the experiments connecting heredity and the structure of DNA were happening in parallel, so the next few years would be an exciting time for the discovery of DNA function.

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the information-carrying molecule found in all living organisms. In most animal, plant and fungal cells DNA is stored in the nucleus coiled up in thread-like ...

According to the study, our ancestors split from a group 1.5 million years ago and rejoined them 300,000 years ago.

DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material found in nearly all living organisms. It carries the genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth, and reproduction of all ...

and their diversity of functions has led to the hypothesis that an "RNA world" may have preceded the evolution of DNA and proteins (Gilbert, 1986). Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are yet another ...

revision-guideDNA and inheritance What is DNA and how is the structure of this hereditary molecule responsible for its function? How are scientists using their knowledge of DNA to create and use ...

You may have heard of the fantastic-sounding "dark side of the genome." This poorly studied fraction of DNA, known as ...

Thymine deletions or insertions: The loss or gain of one or more thymine bases in the DNA sequence. These mutations can have various consequences, such as altering the amino acid sequence of proteins, ...

Later it was found that the sugar in nucleic acid can be ribose or deoxyribose, giving two forms: RNA and DNA. In 1943, American Oswald Avery proved that DNA carries genetic information.