Matthias Meyer at work in the clean laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Credit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology Neanderthals have adopted male…
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Males and females share the vast majority of their genomes. Only a sprinkling of genes, located on the so-called X and Y sex chromosomes, differ…
The tuatara is the last surviving member of the reptilian order Rhynchocephalia, which once flourished globally in the age of the dinosaurs. Today, they live…
Models and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images of various 3D polyhedra that were constructed by connecting the self-linked triangular M-DNA and rectangular M-DNA. From left…
The Warren mastodon, which was the first complete American mastodon skeleton found in the United States, on display in the Paul and Irma Milstein Hall…
Study unveils novel mechanism that allows viruses to produce unexpected proteins. Like a scene out of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” a virus infects a host…
The 3D structure of a base editor, comprised of the Cas9 protein (white and gray), which binds to a DNA target (teal and blue helix)…
Exposure to enzymes causes peculiar response in liquid droplets formed by DNA; new study explains mechanisms behind it. “A watched pot never boils,” as the…
Image depicting DNA “switches” from the human and mouse genomes that appear to regulate when and where genes are turned on. Credit: Ernesto Del Aguila…
The researchers worked for example with samples from an excavation in Oxford: A mass grave where more than 30 skeletons were discovered. One of the…
Artistic illustration of Dr. Rosalind Franklin by artist Tami Wicinas. Credit: Tami Wicinas If Rosalind Franklin had had a birthday wish, she probably never would…
Illustration of quadruple helix DNA (green) forming. Credit: Ella Maru Studio The formation of four-stranded DNA has been tracked in living human cells, allowing scientists…
Cosmo, a 110-pound bull calf was born in April of 2020 at UC Davis. Scientists successfully genome-edited him as an embryo to produce more male…
The X chromosome is the first human chromosome to be completely sequenced from end to end, with no gaps in the sequence and an unprecedented…
On the right are neurons from a Huntington’s model mouse, showing much more PKR (a marker of immune response to mitochondrial RNA) in green than…
Image depicting the puzzle pieces of DNA sequences coming together. Credit: Ernesto del Aguila III (NHGRI) Researchers Have Generated the First Complete X Chromosome Sequence…
Metagenome Database Detects Phage-Derived Antibacterial Enzyme Scientists demonstrate that the information about host bacteria-bacteriophage (phage) associations derived from world’s first metagenome analysis is useful for…
Genomic data from COVID-19 cases in the first 10 weeks of Australia’s outbreak proved vital to understanding the trajectory of the disease and has an…
Supergenes Play a Larger Role in Evolution Than Previously Thought Massive blocks of genes—inherited together ‘plug and play’ style—may play a larger role in evolutionary…
Researchers studied a unique population of gentle Africanized honey bees in Puerto Rico. Credit: Manuel A. Giannoni-Guzman Researchers often study the genomes of individual organisms…