Researchers studied an error mechanism in DNA replication, and noticed that some errors create palindromes that can fold into hairpin structures. The complexity of ...

In 2003, Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus, also known as mimivirus, was the first giant virus to be described. It's larger than many bacteria, and was found in a water sample from a hospital cooling ...

A genome-wide analysis has identified genetic variants that have different effects on human growth and metabolic traits depending on their parental origin. Often, the same variant will push traits in ...

Many genetic variants linked to inherited eye disorders rarely lead to disease, meaning up to 2% of people could carry these variants without ever developing vision problems, according to a new s tudy ...

"De novo" genes may have paved the way for humans' big brains. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists once considered much of ...

Plant Physiology, Vol. 177, No. 1 (May 2018), pp. 82-89 (8 pages) During plant-pathogen interactions, plants use intracellular proteins with nucleotide-binding site and Leu-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) ...

The complexity of living organisms is encoded within their genes, but where do these genes come from? Researchers resolved outstanding questions regarding the origin of small regulatory genes, and ...