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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative DNA …

Credit: guenterguni/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Differences among the DNA of seven ape species — …

Newly generated, complete “end-to-end” reference genomes for the sex chromosomes of five great ape species and one lesser ape species — …

Listen to the Science Friday podcast where Adam Phillippy and Kateryna Makova discuss the challenges of sequencing the Y chromosome, …

New mutations occur at increasing rates in the mitochondrial genomes of developing egg cells in aging rhesus monkeys, but the increases …

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. — Newly developed risk scores synthesize genetic information into an easy-to-interpret metric that could help …

Some regions of the human genome where the DNA can fold into unusual three-dimensional structures called G-quadruplexes (G4s) show …

DNA sequences that can fold into shapes other than the classic double helix tend to have higher mutation rates than other regions in …

Researchers have reconstructed the ancestral sequence of the great ape Y chromosome by comparing three existing (gorilla, human, and …

Comparisons of DNase Hypersensitive Site (DHS) signals among L1 flanking regions and control.The figure illustrates the distribution of …