Not only can transposable elements be useful, but new evidence shows they may have been powerfully linked to primate evolution.

Scientists have found that non-coding 'junk' DNA, ... The findings lead scientists to believe that repetitive DNA sequences could trigger a damage response signal indicating that errors in DNA ...

Non-coding DNA variants contribute to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) chemotherapy resistance. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have identified specific DNA variants in the non ...

This AI system can analyze up to one million DNA letters at once, predicting how tiny changes in noncoding regions trigger ...

Butterfly wing patterns have a basic plan to them, which is manipulated by non-coding regulatory DNA to create the diversity of wings seen in different species, according to new research.

Parking a giant CRISPR repressor on DNA is helpful for discovering causal variants, but it is not realistic in a biological sense. ... base editor would impart a sequence change that matched certain ...

The expression of ZNF558 itself is regulated by the size of a non-coding structural element in DNA called a VNTR, short for variable number tandem repeat that is longer in chimpanzees than in humans.

Many types of cells have to be replenished continuously throughout our lives, and the genome has to be duplicated and distributed to two new daughter cells during cell division. The genome is ...

Much of the "junk" DNA in Drosophila shows signs of either negative or positive selection, according to a study in this week's Nature.An analysis by Peter Andolfatto of the University of California, ...

The mechanism reveals that damages to non-coding DNA, which are often hidden, accumulate more in slowly proliferating tissues, such as those of the liver or kidneys.