Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish, collectively known as coleoid cephalopods, have evolved exceptionally large and elaborately structured nervous systems capable of complex behaviors such as ...

A University of Vienna study finds that an ancient burst of genome reorganization created 3D DNA interactions, or regulatory ...

Rosalind Franklin knew about DNA's double-helix structure ahead of Watson and Crick, a new study of her photos and notes reveals.

Before cells can divide by mitosis, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can receive a full set of genetic material. Scientists have until now ...

Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish, collectively known as coleoid cephalopods, have evolved exceptionally large and elaborately structured nervous ...

DNA is not an ionic bond—the ingenious structure that protects and 'opens' genetic informationWhen we think of DNA, we think ...

The genome is the complete set of DNA within a cell, encompassing protein-coding genes, non-coding elements and vast tracts of intergenic sequence. In eukaryotes, this information is packaged into ...

In its effort to correlate genomic structure with gene function, the 4D Nucleome Consortium (4DN), led by Job Dekker, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, has extensively mapped and analyzed the three ...

In biology textbooks and beyond, the human genome and DNA therein typically are taught in only one dimension. While it can be helpful for learners to begin with the linear presentation of how ...

Tapping into the structural intricacies of the cell nucleus was once a pipe dream, Jason Buenrostro, PhD, told me when reflecting on the early beginnings of the spatial genomics field. When he started ...

The genome is more than a linear code; it is a dynamic structure whose three-dimensional folding dictates how genes are regulated. Traditional sequencing technologies capture base-level variation but ...

CHICAGO --- In a landmark effort to understand how the physical structure of our DNA influences human biology, Northwestern investigators and the 4D Nucleome Project have unveiled the most detailed ...