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In a study published today in Nature, researchers at Queen Mary University of London and the University of Cambridge show that mitochondrial DNA also appears in some cancer DNA, suggesting that it ...
The genetic code acts as life’s instruction manual, telling cells how to build proteins from DNA and RNA. Though it's a marvel of molecular precision, the path it took to evolve remains unclear. Fresh ...
The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...
Molecules called polymerases help to faithfully copy the genetic information stored in single strands of DNA Researchers have succeeded in mimicking the chemistry of life in synthetic versions of DNA ...
Modern medicine’s ability to keep us alive makes it tempting to think human evolution may have stopped. Better healthcare disrupts a key driving force of evolution by keeping some people alive longer, ...
In 1984, geneticists recovered 229 base pairs of genetic code from a quagga, a subspecies of zebra extinct since the late 1800s. The achievement proved DNA could survive in dead things and spurred a ...
Molecules called polymerases help to faithfully copy the genetic information stored in single strands of DNA Researchers have succeeded in mimicking the chemistry of life in synthetic versions of DNA ...