Some sequences in the genome cause genes to be switched on or off. Until now, each of these gene switches, or so-called enhancers, was thought to have its own place on the DNA. Different enhancers are ...

Some sequences in the genome cause genes to be switched on or off. Until now, each of these gene switches, or so-called ...

Organisms are made up of cells, and in each of those cells, a genome encodes the instructions for that organism to grow and survive. The human genome has at least 20,000 genes, and the expression of ...

Despite spanning about three billion base pairs, the human genome is wrapped up tight in a highly organized fashion in the nucleus. This coordinated structure, in part, enables the cell to regulate ...

Around 98.5% of human DNA is non-coding, meaning it doesn’t get copied to make proteins. A new study has connected many of these non-coding regions to the genes they affect and laid out guidelines for ...

Our genomes provide the instructions for proper growth and development. Millions of genomic switches, known as enhancers, control the location and timing of gene expression, which in turn ensures the ...

The images show the abdomen of flies in which a specific enhancer region has been modified. Depending on how much and which part of the region is modified, different areas of the pigment pattern ...

The images show the abdomen of flies in which a specific enhancer region has been modified. Depending on how much and which part of the region is modified, different areas of the pigment pattern ...