In celebration of DNA Day, the editorial team at BMC has put together the following quiz for our readers to test their knowledge and maybe even learn… Read more »
Time to once again test your TE knowledge with a quiz!
Parts of human DNA are of viral origin: many of them were inserted into the primordial genetic material of our ancestors many… Read more »
Merle coat patterns, prevalent in breeds like Dachshunds, Great Danes, and Collies, can vary greatly. In this blog, researchers… Read more »
DNA Day is celebrated globally on April 25th (the day that papers were published in Nature, on the structure of DNA). The goal of… Read more »
A new paper on mapping LINE-1 and Alu insertions was published today in Mobile DNA. Here authors Kathleen Burns and Jane Welch… Read more »
The 3rd International Congress on Transposable Elements (ICTE) took place between 16 and 19 April in Saint-Malo (France) and we… Read more »
Mobile DNA today publishes an article analyzing the genetics of three members of the Lichenstein family tree found in a cave in… Read more »
The biological and technological significance of mobile genetic elements, or "jumping genes", is increasingly being realized.… Read more »