There remains an exception to the genetic inheritance- and two teams have investigated a case where a biological trait was transferred not through genes, but through a memory mechanism.
A team of international scientists claim to have completely sequenced the human genome and successfully filled in the missing gaps from the first human genome draft in 2000.
Scientists used algorithms to examine how cancer cells re-organize the 3D structure of their DNA to increase the activity of oncogenes, which promotes the proliferation of cancer cells.
Chromosomes contain the DNA which holds the genetic material. A new study on Y chromosomes sheds light on why men suffer differently than women from diseases like COVID-19.