This question serves as a basic introduction to the three major genome viewers. One gene, ADAM2, will be examined using all three sites so that the reader can gain an appreciation of the subtle ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown that DNA inflexibility, or rigidity, inside the ...

Scientists at Penn State University will reveal in the 29 March 2007 issue of the journal Nature the first complete high-resolution map of important structures that control how genes are packaged and ...

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

A gene is a fundamental unit of heredity, consisting of a specific sequence of DNA that encodes the instructions for making a particular protein or set of proteins. Genes are passed down from parents ...

This release is also available in Chinese on EurekAlert! Chinese. Over the past decades, researchers seeking to understand molecular mechanisms underlying various diseases, notably cancer, have taken ...

New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop into a sperm cell. The discovery could improve understanding of fertility ...

Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 39, No. 7 (July 2012), pp. 1361-1372 (12 pages) Aim: A lack of genetic structure is predicted for Antarctic fish due to the duration of pelagic larval stages and the ...

Researchers in Göttingen, Germany, have elucidated the structure and function of otoferlin, a protein that plays a crucial role in the hearing process. Loss of otoferlin or impairment of its function ...