Researchers at University of Tsukuba have decoded the nuclear genome of Amorphochlora amoebiformis, a unicellular marine alga belonging to the chlorarachniophyte group. The work is published in the ...

Introns are perhaps one of our genome's biggest mysteries. They are DNA sequences that interrupt the sensible protein-coding information in your genes, and need to be 'spliced out.' Although you may ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The sequences of nonsense DNA that interrupt genes could be far more important to the evolution of genomes than previously thought, according to a recent Science report by Indiana ...

Spliceosomal introns are a unique feature of eukaryotic genes. Previous studies have established that many introns were present in the protein-coding genes of the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA ...

Silencing remains a significant challenge for exogenous gene expression, limiting both the penetrance and expressivity of transgenes. In particular, silencing of Cas9 expression is a major technical ...

One of the most long-standing, fundamental mysteries of biology surrounds the poorly understood origins of introns. Introns are segments of noncoding DNA that must be removed from the genetic code ...

The advent of next-generation sequencing technologies has accelerated genome analysis across diverse eukaryotic lineages. In particular, long-read sequencing facilitates the assembly of large, complex ...