The Double Helix” paints Watson and Crick as lone pioneers while downplaying the contributions of others, most notably of ...

DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the fundamental building block of life. It carries the genetic instructions that dictate ...

Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States Wallace H. Coulter Department of ...

Of particular importance, Neandertal DNA also seems to influence the structure and function of the cerebellum. Although most neuroscientists have tended to think of this brain region as ...

Attempts to do so have relied on chemicals that damage the DNA structure or strategies that capture only short stretches of DNA, preventing a comprehensive picture. In a new study published in ...