This odd arrangement, the authors found, influences the three-dimensional structure of the entire chromosome. “This is definitely a breakthrough within the field. We’ve been generating assemblies for ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have developed a vector that integrates the Cre enzyme gene with the specific DNA ...

The previously largest genome sequence of the Australian lungfish ... genome of the lungfish is unexpectedly stable and the gene arrangement is surprisingly conservative. This fact enabled ...

"We are finding the 3D structure of the genome," said Satoshi Namekawa, professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of California, Davis and senior author on one of the papers.

Indeed, it is possible to reorder these ancestral syntenic fragments into their simplest arrangement, thereby recreating the ancestral genome (Figure 3). In the near future, with the availability ...

In humans, cytosine often becomes methylated when it is next to a guanosine—this arrangement is known as a CpG dinucleotide. There are many CpG dinucleotides in the genome, and most of them are ...

Each cell of the human body contains two meters of DNA. The whole secret lies in the intricate three-dimensional arrangement that allows DNA strands to be efficiently organized and compacted ...

With the brittle star genome in hand, Marlétaz and his team investigated another important feature of the animal: their ability to regenerate. Like many other echinoderms, brittle stars can regenerate ...

Genome and mutations DNA replication is carefully controlled to preserve the genetic information. However, changes in the genome do sometimes occur. These changes are known as mutations.