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 ...

For decades, biologists treated DNA as a static string of letters, a linear code that cells read like text on a page. A new ...

Centuries-old genetic material can solve historical mysteries, from lost species to what killed Napoleon’s army.

The natural RNAi mechanism can be directed by either short interfering RNA (siRNA) or microRNA (miRNA). 1 There are four key steps in the RNAi pathway. When miRNA acts as the guide for RNAi, only a ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their ...

In many aspects of our lives, we find meaning in the order in which events occur. We buy into myths about "middle child ...

Elucidating the relationship between the sequences of non-coding regulatory elements and their target genes is key to understanding gene regulation and its variation between plant species and ecotypes ...

India could not take full advantage of cultivating GM crops. But the story is more encouraging in GE crops, where there is ...

Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia ...

Our faces define us, but how our DNA contributes to our appearance remains unclear. Researchers investigated how human facial differences are encoded in our genomes by studying the DNA of Neanderthals ...