The retrovirus HIV, which causes AIDS, is also known to form circular DNA. “I think these elements are the source of genome dynamics, for animal evolution and even to affect our daily lives,” said ...

DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another – are key to bacterial evolution and the development of ...

For decades, scientists dismissed transposable elements, also known as transposons or “jumping genes”, as useless “junk DNA”. But are they really? The early speculations of both McClintock ...

Element Biosciences’ bid to claim a slice of a DNA sequencing technology market dominated by Illumina has been helped by an impressive $277 million financing round backed by a wide range of ...

These include structural and chemical changes to the genetic material, binding of proteins to specific DNA elements to regulate transcription, or mechanisms that modulate translation of mRNA.

Current processing techniques for harvesting DNA from osseous elements are destructive, and success rates vary widely. When skeletal elements are homogenized into a fine powder, endogenous DNA may be ...

DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another -- are key to bacterial evolution and the development of antibiotic resistance. Researchers have discovered a new mechanism these ...

More than half of the human genome comprises remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are widespread across life forms. Once thought to be "junk" DNA, researchers from ...

Bacteriophages, the most abundant life form on Earth, infect bacterial cells and influence the structure of the microbial ...

but also bring elements of it into the present, with the exciting prospect of de-extinction. Evolutionary molecular biologist Beth Shapiro is a leading expert in ancient DNA, having been first to ...