An incredible genetic analysis reveals that a lungfish has a larger genome than a human. We explore what this means.

There are four bases: Adenine and Guanine (purines); Cytosine and Thymine (Pyrimidines). Purines have two carbon-nitrogen rings while pyrimidines have a single carbon-nitrogen ring. Thus, there are ...

Nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) are polymers of nucleotides – each nucleotide consists of a pentose sugar, a phosphate group and one of the nitrogenous bases (purines and pyrimidines). Nucleic acids ...

Researchers at Holden Arboretum have taken fungi from forest soil and sprinkling them around trees in nutrient-deficient city ...

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Blaine Milam, 35, was executed by lethal injection on Thursday after being convicted of the 2008 murder of his 13-month-old ...

American researchers have successfully completed the full sequencing of a human chromosome for the first time. This ...

Blaine Milam, 35, was given a lethal injection after being sentenced to death for the murder of 13-month-old Amora Carson in East Texas in 2008.

Faulty versions of the LMNA gene can cause a wide range of health problems, including heart muscle disease (dilated ...

Preserving DNA in biological samples has long posed a challenge for researchers, but the process may be about to get a lot ...

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