Chromatin remodeling plays a vital role in gene regulation, affecting how DNA is accessed. Disruptions in this process can ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

The influence of an unknown population and its impact on intelligence was discovered in our DNA by researchers using a new ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

A University of Iowa-led study has revealed the unexpected structure adopted by the DNA repair protein RAD52 as it binds and ...

RAD52 has already shown promise as a drug target. Inhibitors of the protein can selectively kill cancerous cells while ...

The flowerpot snake, one of the world's smallest snakes, has some unusual distinctions. Also known as the Brahminy blind ...

The new review, detailed in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, examines over a dozen genetic studies published in the past ...

Researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted ... replication machinery moves along DNA in human cells. Their findings, which were published ...

Before this study, Pol-theta's structure had only been captured ... authors of the study, "Human polymerase θ helicase positions DNA microhomologies for double-strand break repair," include ...

DNA study of Bronze Age tombs in Turkey reveals teenage human sacrifices, challenging ideas about early Mesopotamian society.