DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

This structure, announced in their famous paper in the April 1953 issue of Nature, explained how the DNA molecule could replicate itself during cell division, enabling organisms to reproduce ...

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the information-carrying molecule found in all living organisms. In most animal, plant and fungal cells DNA is stored in the nucleus coiled up in thread-like ...

This organization can be explained by weak interactions ... building blocks introduced in the monotonous linear structure of double-helical DNA. It has been demonstrated in different laboratories ...

This image compares three DNA sequencing technologies: Sanger sequencing, Massively Parallel DNA sequencing, and Nanopore DNA sequencing. Sanger sequencing (left) sequences 500-700 bases per reaction ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Just like the government uses an Aadhaar number to uniquely identify an individual for social security purposes, a person’s DNA fingerprint can be used for biological purposes. This is why DNA ...

New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop into a sperm cell. The discovery could improve understanding of fertility ...

“The medical industry has to protect the privacy of your health information. This doesn’t apply DNA sequence,” Le Pabic explained.

Conjugation is a form of horizontal gene transfer that allows the exchange of genetic material between two organisms or cells ...