The two strands of DNA, although chemically equivalent, are replicated and repaired asymmetrically. Insights into the persistence of DNA damage show how strand-specific interactions shape the ...

New findings suggest the end-replication problem, an old standby of biology textbooks, is twice as intricate as once thought. Half a century ago, scientists Jim Watson and Alexey Olovnikov ...

DNA is the blueprint of life, but how much do you know about it?Dr_Microbe DNA serves as the blueprint of life for every species. We already know a good deal about DNA and how genetics works. But here ...

Change is in the air in the agri-research space, with plans afoot to merge three of the four Agri-Tech Centres to form a single Agri-Tech “Catapult”. The aim is “to create an innovation ecosystem that ...

The state of DNA synthesis is a bit like humanity’s journey to the moon—just because something has been achieved before doesn’t mean we should cease figuring out how to do it better.” That is how ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Telomeres are essential chromosome end capping structures that safeguard the genome ...

Eukaryotic genomes are highly complex and divided into linear chromosomes that require end protection from unwarranted fusions, recombination, and degradation in order to maintain genomic stability.

Genetic anticipation is an unusual type of genetic inheritance in which there is a progressive increase in the severity of a mutation, and sometimes in the probability that a given mutation will ...

DNA, short for deoxyribonucleic acid, is the self-replicating material that is present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the fundamental carrier of genetic ...

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) contributes greatly to the plasticity and evolution of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes. The main carriers of foreign DNA in HGT are mobile genetic elements (MGEs) ...