What do a human, a rose, and a bacterium have in ... Francis Crick were pursuing a definitive model for the stable structure of DNA inside cell nuclei. Watson and Crick ultimately used Franklin's ...

We've long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors. But life on Earth is never quite so ...

All human cells contain DNA ... The discovery of the structure of DNA together with an increasing understanding the part it plays in inheritance has proved that Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles ...

In a nutshell All modern humans share DNA from two ancient populations that split 1.5 million years ago and reunited through ...

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

But James Watson and Francis Crick's claim was a valid one, for they had in fact discovered the structure of DNA, the chemical ... the deciphering of the human genetic blueprint.

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

"We are finding the 3D structure of the genome," said Satoshi Namekawa ... To understand how genes are turned on and off to make different cell types, you have to figure out how the DNA is folded - ...

MSK researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer.

The new review, detailed in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, examines over a dozen genetic studies published in the past 18 years to indicate an initial branching of humans about 135,000 years ago ...

New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits ... you have to figure out how the DNA is folded — and which genes and enhancers are ...

Sunburns and aging skin are obvious effects of exposure to harmful UV rays, tobacco smoke and other carcinogens. But the effects aren't just skin deep. Inside the body, DNA is literally being torn ...