DNA is the genetic code that provides the biological instructions for every living species, but not every bit of DNA helps ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers discover that "introners," transposable elements, are responsible for spreading noncoding DNA ...

"Because transposons are insanely diverse and present in basically every eukaryote, it implies that this really can be a very general way that new introns arise in different lineages," Corbett ...

Giant viruses, like the ones found in Yellowstone's hot springs, have been turning up in many odd corners of the planet.

Understanding the origin of the building block of all animal and plant life may lead to more insights about life on Earth and ...

Ancestral reconstruction together with molecular dating of the last Asgard archaea and eukaryote common ancestor suggest that eukaryotes arose from the fusion of a H 2-consuming archaeal host and ...

DNA is the genetic code that provides the biological instructions for every living species, but not every bit of DNA helps the species survive. Some pieces of DNA are more like parasites, along for ...

The magic of May begins early in the month, when temporary tents and metal racks appear alongside storefronts.