New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop into a sperm cell. The discovery could improve understanding of fertility ...

This discovery reveals a new form of inheritance, complementing that transmitted by the DNA sequence. Beyond genes: the 3D organization of DNA influences their expression. We are accustomed to the ...

Each cell of the human body contains two meters of DNA. The whole secret lies in the intricate three-dimensional arrangement that allows DNA strands to be efficiently organized and compacted ...

Crick and Watson were trying to build a 3D model of the DNA molecule. But they were not the only ones working on finding its structure. They were competing with a team at King's College London ...

Beyond the ladder-like structure described above, another key characteristic of double-stranded DNA is its unique three-dimensional shape. The first photographic evidence of this shape was ...

A robust platform for analyzing 3D genome architecture and epigenomic features ... among which are the three-dimensional structure of the genome and DNA methylation, which differ for different cell ...

But James Watson and Francis Crick's claim was a valid one, for they had in fact discovered the structure of DNA, the chemical that encodes instructions for building and replicating almost all ...

The applied physicist explains how the structure of 52,000-year-old genes hint at the biology of an extinct animal ...

Although DNA is a long, stringy molecule ... cell requires shifting it from one genetic program to another – each defined by a particular 3D genome structure. “We are uncovering the language of cell ...