Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time.

Yet, if all of the DNA within just one of these cells were arranged into a single straight piece, that DNA would be nearly two meters long! So, how can this much DNA be made to fit within a cell?

Now that Paula Ann Lundgren's identity is known, the sheriff's office hopes "new leads can be developed as to how she came to ...

With the help of her photograph, James Watson and Francis Crick were able to piece together the first accurate model of DNA. Shown here is the structure of naked DNA -- DNA without all of the ...

Piecing together the evidence to accurately replicate the movements of a culprit at a crime scene is becoming a more exact ...

Here, the basic concept is that a piece of DNA will migrate through a gel more slowly if it is bound to a protein, such as a transcription factor. A difference, or "shift," in the rate of ...

A piece of cake? Not quite Let's start by imagining DNA as a recipe book. Each gene represents a different recipe. The page ...

Immunizing the host with a piece of viral DNA rather than an antigenic protein fragment of the virus, helps to stimulate the generation of cell-mediated immunity (Fig. 2). DNA vaccines contain the ...

But if a piece of mitochondrial DNA inserts itself within a gene or regulatory region, it could have important consequences on that person's health or lifespan. Neurons may be particularly ...

The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office plans to test DNA from a hair found on a wipe that was pulled from the throat of a ...

A key piece of evidence comes from an adult male buried at the 5,000-year-old Newgrange monument; his DNA revealed that his parents were first-degree relatives, possibly brother and sister.

There’s a new book in bookstores, and it’s guaranteed to bring more than a couple of laughs as it is both amusing and funny.