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General Anil Chauhan on Saturday asserted that national security is no longer confined to military prowess alone but dema ...

Symbiotic bacteria living inside insect cells have lost much of their DNA over hundreds of millions of years, much like the ancient microbes that evolved into mitochondria ...

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

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Researchers have uncovered the enzyme behind chromothripsis, a chaotic chromosome-shattering event seen in about one in four cancers. The enzyme, N4BP2, breaks apart DNA trapped in tiny cellular ...

DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first ...

A research team at the University of Würzburg has deciphered another aspect of poxviral gene activation. The study reveals a unique viral mechanism: a molecular ring anchors the viral copying machine ...