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DNA redundancy: Genetic sequence copies are more prevalent and important than thought
Did you know that our DNA has many copies of some gene sequences, and that it is important? Not long ago and perhaps even now, neither did many genetic scientists. It’s been known in a general way that there is a lot of redundancy in the human genome. It’s even been called ‘a repetitive landscape.’ [...]
Posted in News: DNA Decoding Also tagged Agilent, bases, copy sequences, DNA, genetics, human genome, multicopy genes 1 Comment
Surprises from simulating Titan’s atmosphere
“That can’t be right.” These are terrible or wonderful words for a scientist. It’s that moment when they look at the results of an experiment and see something they truly did not expect, good or bad. It happened to Sarah Hörst, graduate student and lead researcher on a project for the University of Arizona (Tucson, [...]
Posted in News: Exogenous Life Also tagged amino acid, astrobiology, atmosphere, exogenous life, prebiotic, Saturn, simulation, Titan Leave a comment
Quantum entanglement helps keep DNA together
Once in a while science produces theoretical work that has tantalizing possibilities but also raises a strong skeptical response. This is another way of saying that a theory has a certain amount of plausibility but is without experimental evidence. Such is the case with a theory proposed by Elisabeth Rieper and colleagues at the National [...]
Posted in Impact: Quantum Physics Also tagged base pair, classical mechanics, DNA, double-helix, phonon, quantum biology, quantum entanglement, quantum mechanics, scientific method, Van der Waals forces 3 Comments
Epigenetics and methylation: New DNA bases linked to protein