DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...
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Preserving DNA in biological samples has long posed a challenge for researchers, but the process may be about to get a lot ...
_Tyrannosaurus rex_ was a relentless predator who lived during the Cretaceous Period more than 65 million years ago. Roger Harris/Science Photo Library via Getty Images DNA – which stands for ...
Decades after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, hundreds of free-roaming dogs are thriving around the Chernobyl Nuclear ...
Researchers have sequenced the South American lungfish genome, uncovering a DNA content nearly 30 times larger than the human ...