Cells use many complex genetic repair backup systems to fix DNA damage and remain healthy throughout their lives.

New research predicts the location of DNA sequences that can form structures besides the canonical double helix — non-B DNA — in the recently released telomere-to-telomere genomes of the great apes, ...

Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of ...

For chromosomes to form the iconic X-shape that ensures the accurate passing of genetic information during cell division, a ...

DNA strand displacement circuits are inching closer to becoming cellular machines. Scientists are finding ways to make these ...

An international team of researchers co-led by Job Dekker, PhD, at UMass Chan Medical School, have identified rules that tell cells how to fold DNA into the tightly packed, iconic X-shaped chromosomes ...

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When even one tiny section of a person’s genetic code becomes mutated or modified, cells can begin to act out of ...

Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of bases of DNA were flipped backwards and moved from ...

Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative DNA conformations - ...

She covers current events, breaking news and issues including substance use. Forensic DNA testing has allowed detectives to close a decades-old cold case homicide in Nevada, police said.

the end caps of chromosomes that safeguard the genetic material from damage and normally shorten with aging. That's when telomerase steps in and produces an overhang in which one DNA strand is a ...