Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.

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Researchers have unlocked the final gaps in the human genome, and what they tell us could mean big waves for the future of ...

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication ...

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

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Whole-genome sequencing reads every DNA base. This shifts medicine from diagnosing disease based on symptoms to molecular ...

Scientists have revealed parts of the genome that are especially vulnerable to mutations that occur very early on in ...

The first phase of the U.K. synthetic human genome project has successfully completed, realizing key steps in chromosome ...

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of ...

In one of the largest African ancient-DNA studies to date, geneticists from Uppsala University, Sweden, and an archaeologist ...