New research has discovered that the human mutation rate is slowing significantly behind that of our closest primate relatives. Genomic mutations play a key part in evolution, but new work by ...
Each cell in the body stores its genetic information in DNA in a stable and protected form that is readily accessible for the cell to carry on its activities. Nevertheless, mutations — changes in ...
It's a mystery that has baffled scientists for years – why do different animals have such different lifespans? While humans can live to around 80, giraffes tend to die at 24 and naked mole rats at 25, ...
Researchers have dentified an extreme mutational hotspot within the genome of Pseudomonas fluorescens, providing unprecedented insight into the relationship between gene regulation and mutation rates.
The William H. Foege Genome Sciences Building at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle contains laboratories, sequencers, computational facilities, and other resources for ...
Max Planck researchers discovered a 5,000-fold increase in the mutation rate in the genome of *Pseudomonas fluorescens*. The mutation regularly occurred in the promoter region of the *rpoS* gene and ...
Each of us has between 100 and 200 new genetic mutations Each of us has at least 100 new mutations in our DNA, according to research published in the journal Current Biology. Scientists have been ...