A new study proves that a type of genetic element called 'introners' are the mechanism by which many introns spread within and between species, also providing evidence of eight instances in which ...

DNA holds the code for building life, but not all of it is useful. Some parts behave more like parasites, sticking around ...

A new study from the University of California, Santa Cruz reveals that 'introners' are responsible for the spread of introns ...

A new study proves that a type of genetic element called 'introners' is the mechanism by which many introns spread within and ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers discover that "introners," transposable elements, are responsible for spreading noncoding DNA ...

Critics of agricultural biotechnology have often been dismissed as modern-day Luddites. However, these critics have an understandable concern, based on a detail of the technology that has been ...

A new study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences confirms introners' role, providing the first ...

DNA is the genetic code that provides the biological instructions for every living species, but not every bit of DNA helps the species survive. Some pieces of DNA are more like parasites, along for ...