Consumption of soft drinks, supplemented with white sugar, alters the DNA of gut bacteria and affects the host immune system.

Inverted genetic sequences can be very long, and exceed the length of typical sequencing reads, so they may not be put into a context that reveals the inversion. Scientists have now been able to ...

The term 'inversion' describes a piece of DNA flipping its orientation in the genome. Inversions are poorly understood because they are more difficult to analyze than other types of mutations.

This finding challenges traditional genetic understanding and may lead to novel applications in synthetic biology and disease regulation, showcasing bacteria's adaptability and hidden capabilities.

Widespread inversions shape the genetic and phenotypic diversity in rice. Science China Press. Journal Science Bulletin DOI 10.1016/j.scib.2023.12.048 ...

These four DNA bases – adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T) – form specific pairs that are always supposed to be matched with each other: A with T, and G with C.