Denisovans are an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and our own species, Homo sapiens.

For decades, scientists dismissed transposable elements, also known as transposons or “jumping genes”, as useless “junk DNA”. But are they really? The early speculations of both McClintock ...

Researchers say findings suggest it may be possible to stop cancer growth using approaches such as restraining TE activity in cancer cells.

Where the self-chains are not available, you can manually search for additional occurrences of a few elements by obtaining the raw sequence via the “DNA” link at the top of the Genome Browser ...

Scientists have long been curious about a mysterious part of our DNA called heterochromatin, often called the “dark side of the genome.” This area makes up about half of our genetic material, yet it ...

but also bring elements of it into the present, with the exciting prospect of de-extinction. Evolutionary molecular biologist Beth Shapiro is a leading expert in ancient DNA, having been first to ...