Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now, researchers have demonstrated that this marker -- N4-methylcytosine (4mC) ...

Researchers aThe DNA of human cells consists of a sequence of about 3.1 billion building blocks. Cells go to great lengths to maintain the integrity of this vast store of information.t ETH Zurich have ...

New research has uncovered more about the complexity of human gene regulation by identifying certain sequences of proteins ...

The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha - a 'living fossil'.

Mitochondrial diseases, arising from mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), are a diverse group of disorders that lead to ...

Colossal Biosciences has modified 20 genes from the gray wolf to create a canine that resembles a species that went extinct ...

New research has uncovered more about the complexity of human gene regulation by identifying certain sequences of proteins called transcription factors that bind to DNA and regulate the expression of ...

Scientists at Colossal used genetic reconstruction to recreate the long-extinct species—made popular by the HBO hit show, ...