Around 45 percent of human DNA is made up of transposable elements, or TEs—genetic leftovers from now-extinct viruses that scientists once believed to be “junk DNA.” But that view is changing, and a ...

Every day, billions of cells in your body divide, helping to replace old and injured cells with new ones. And each time this happens, your entire genetic library — your genome, which totals more than ...

THE real ‘Da Vinci Code’ is close to finally being solved after a major scientific breakthrough. Experts are racing to crack the mystery of DNA, death and burial tied to legendary ...

One person’s junk is another’s treasure. An international team of scientists have found that strings of “junk” DNA in the human genome that were previously written off as having no useful function are ...

Genes in the millions of cells throughout the human body aid in the construction, repair, and maintenance of all bodily functions. However, mutations in these genes can disrupt this balance, leading ...

A needle in a haystack just about sums up the ongoing search for unknown genes secreted along the huge strands of DNA being catalogued… A needle in a haystack just about sums up the ongoing search for ...

DNA is often seen as the blueprint of life—carrying the code to govern the development and traits of an organism—but “there are things beyond the DNA sequence,” says Xiaoqi Feng, a plant geneticist at ...

Indian scientists at ZSI have pioneered a groundbreaking method using DNA metabarcoding to decode spider-parasitoid relationships directly from egg sacs. This innovative approach, published in ...

According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, years of genealogical research by the DNA Doe Project eventually led to ...