It's not just the dazzling colours and slick moves of Australia's dancing spiders that make them special. There are more than 100 different species of the peacock spider, whereas most animals have ...

Quantum mechanics, which rules the world of the teensy-tiny, may help explain why genetic mutations spontaneously crop up in DNA as it makes copies of itself, a recent study suggests. In particular, ...

Life on Earth depends on the ability of cells to duplicate their genetic material, encoded in DNA molecules, and pass this information on to the next generation. Elucidation of the molecular mechanism ...

Genome rearrangements that lead to human disorders are typically thought to be caused by mistakes that occur during recombination. A new study into the genetic basis of a CNS disorder has revealed ...

An article by UAB professor Joan-Ramon Daban analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA packaging that have often been neglected in structural models of chromosomes. The study ...

June 27 (UPI) --Scientists have developed a more effective way to highlight and watch the molecular machinery inside a cell. Using fluorescent biomarkers, researchers successfully observed the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Two general models have been proposed for DNA replication. In one model, DNA polymerase moves along the DNA (like a train on a track); in the ...