Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...

The first complete genetic portrait of a so‑called “last Neanderthal” is forcing scientists to redraw the map of our origins, from who we met to how we survived. Instead of a simple story of ...

Sediment DNA also traces life outside the cave. Predators dragged prey into sheltered chambers, humans left waste behind. By ...

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible ...

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication process can cause alterations in genomic DNA, promoting cellular ageing, cancer, ...

We generated genome assemblies — models of genomes that are created by pasting together short lengths of sequenced DNA — for 187 primate species 3. We then aligned the whole human genome to assemblies ...

A mathematical model created by Aalto University (Finland) researcher Timo Ikonen explains for the first time how the DNA chains in our genome are translocated through nanopores that are only a couple ...

A research team led by Professor Luo Shujin from the School of Life Sciences has uncovered a surprising chapter in the ...

DNA methylation is a key epigenome component that helps dictate how genes are expressed, contributing to normal cell and tissue differentiation during development, as well as the process of biological ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...