Scientists have identified sequences in great apes' DNA capable of forming unconventional structures called non-B DNA. These ...

The genetic code acts as life’s instruction manual, telling cells how to build proteins from DNA and RNA ... the work argues that current models misrepresent the order in which amino acids ...

Scientists have uncovered a critical role for rapid DNA repair in maintaining genome stability. A new study reveals that ...

A small segment of human DNA boosts brain size and complexity, revealing both the origins of intelligence and its ...

Histones proteins were selected early in evolution to transform DNA into ... A physically consistent and realistic structural model for DNA organization in chromosomes must be compatible with ...

The genome structure—how genes are organized within DNA sequences in an organism—is fundamental to the processes and functions of organisms.

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from ... are now hoping to refine their cobraa model to enable it to reveal more gradual ...

Smith said that this allowed the “model” of DNA evolution to vary across the evolutionary tree and identify places where there was likely a shift in DNA composition. For this new research, these ...

Duke University Medical Center-led research has identified a human-specific DNA enhancer that regulates neural progenitor ...