Each of us has enough DNA to reach from here to the sun and back, more than 300 times. How is all of that DNA packaged so tightly into chromosomes and squeezed into a tiny nucleus? Histones are a ...

科技日报北京9月1日电 （记者张梦然）DNA因其标志性的双螺旋结构而广为人知。但澳大利亚加文医学研究所科学家发现，人类基因组还含有超过5万个不寻常的结状DNA结构，称为i-基序。最新一期《EMBO》杂志发表了这些独特DNA结构的第一张综合图谱，揭示了它们在 ...

These days, testing your DNA is easier than ever. There are many at-home DNA testing kits to choose from, so all you need are DNA samples to learn more about your heritage and family history.

Every human has unique DNA (except for identical twins who share the same DNA, as they both came from the same initial cell). Forensic scientists use the unique nature of DNA to help catch criminals.

Francis Crick and James Watson with a model of the DNA molecule At midday on 28 February 1953, Francis Crick and James Watson walked into The Eagle pub in Cambridge and announced “We have ...

British scientists have stored DNA information for an entire human on a crystal, which could be used to bring back humanity if we become extinct. The team from the University of Southampton's ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.

Thorin’s DNA was then compared with DNA previously extracted from other Neandertals, ancient H. sapiens and present-day people. Arrays of gene variants in Thorin’s DNA more closely align with ...

Finding a naturally occurring DNA-protein hybrid and determining how a bacterium can be induced to make it would streamline what is now a slow, labor-intensive process, Nair said. "Lots of high ...

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, never experienced a ruinous population collapse, according to an analysis of ancient DNA from 15 former inhabitants of the remote island in the Pacific Ocean.

In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several years, the team, lead by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the ...

University of California Berkley population geneticist Elise Kerdoncuff and colleagues sequenced the DNA of 2,762 peple from ...