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A woman has taken to social media to share the results of her two DNA tests and asked users to help her make sense of the ...

An article by UAB professor Joan-Ramon Daban analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA packaging that have often been neglected in structural models of chromosomes. The study ...

In the 1980s, scientists knew little about the X and Y chromosomes. What they did understand was that every cell in the body ...

Toronto scienists have made a groundbreakign discovery that early human development is regulated not by our own genes but by “selfish DNA” that spreads around the genome. For years, scientists ...

A woman has taken to social media to share her surprise after taking two DNA tests to confirm whether or not she's related to ...

A new DNA study on the 500-year-old remains of Christopher Columbus has found that the controversial explorer was actually a ...

A protein that is involved in determining which enzymes cut or unwind DNA during the replication process has been identified ...

Meiotic recombination generates genetic diversity and promotes proper chromosomal segregation of parental chromosomes. This ...

A new documentary explores 20 years of research into the navigator’s roots, suggesting his birthplace is in the ‘western ...

Ancestry does not use the standard Y-chromosome and/or mitochondrial DNA methodologies most others use -- so we know less about how it actually analyzes DNA. After spitting in the tube ...