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There’s a gene in our DNA that seems to come from an infection by an ancient virus—but no one knows its true purpose
You're walking around right now carrying the genetic fingerprints of infections that happened millions of years ago. Deep ...
New research suggests the mysterious Roman-era “Beachy Head Woman” was likely from Britain, not the Mediterranean or sub-Saharan Africa. Advances in DNA sequencing are helping researchers resolve a ...
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AI meets DNA: US scientists design massive genetic circuit libraries faster than ever
The new technique is called CLASSIC, an acronym for “combining long and short range sequencing to investigate genetic ...
Phylogenetic analysis and DNA sequence representation are foundational pillars in modern molecular biology and bioinformatics. These approaches not only facilitate the reconstruction of evolutionary ...
An analysis of the bones and teeth of ancient mammoths (Mammuthus) has identified some of the microorganisms that lived in the animals’ mouths and bodies more than one million years ago. The study, ...
Imagine you work for a hypothetical gene synthesis company, one of dozens around the world that manufacture tiny strands of custom nucleic acids like DNA for customers in academia and industry. DNA ...
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