Some viruses come and go after making us sick, but some have become a part of us, passed down by our ancestors. San Diego ...

A new AI tool reveals how tangled DNA knots impact health and disease, offering insights for drug discovery and genetic ...

Their copy number was comparable or even higher than that of functional 5S rRNA genes. In E. altissima internal transcribed spacers of 35S rDNA were long and intrinsically repetitive while in G.

Mitochondrial DNA: A Maternal Legacy That Helps Trace the Past and Diagnose the Future The mitochondrial genome can help researchers map ancestry and better understand the inheritance of mitochondrial ...

Scientists at the University of Leicester have captured the first detailed "molecular movie" showing DNA being unzipped at the atomic level – revealing how cells begin the crucial process of ...

Ribosomal DNA (rDNA) is present in hundreds of copies in the genome, but has not previously been part of genetic analyses. A new study of 500,000 individuals indicates that people who have more ...