(A) Schematic of cyclic-array sequencing-by-synthesis methods (for example, fluorescent in situ sequencing, pyrosequencing, or single-molecule methods). Left: repeated cycles of polymerase extension ...

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This technique reveals the loss or gain of chromosomal regions in test samples (for example, derived from a tumour) relative to normal controls. DNA in the test and reference samples is labelled with ...

Studying the ways that magenta and yellow flowers intermingle paints a vibrant picture of how the plants exchange genetic ...

Interactions between atoms and molecules are facilitated by electromagnetic fields. The bigger the distance between the partners involved, the weaker these mutual interactions are. In order for the ...

The Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus, above) and the Mediterranean shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan, a below) are two shearwater taxa that are genetically similar despite displaying ...

The alligator gar, and other gar species, are “living fossils” that it shows little species diversity or physical differences from ancestors that lived tens of millions of years ago. Credit: Solomon ...