All Life on Earth Shares an Ancestor – And Some of Our Genes Predate It

"By following universal paralogs," says Kaçar, "we can connect the earliest steps of life on Earth to the tools of modern ...

Men Lose Their Y Chromosome as They Age. Here's What That Does

Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from their cells as they age. But because the Y bears few genes other than for male ...
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Unexpected RNA Role Discovered Inside Protein-Coding Gene

IPA, a non-coding RNA from the CUL1 gene that stabilizes the nucleolus and supports ribosome production. Removing it ...
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Cellecta, Inc. Launches Blood Microsampling Assay that Profiles 19,000 Human Protein-Coding Genes from One Drop of Dried Blood

Cellecta, Inc. Launches Blood Microsampling Assay that Profiles 19,000 Human Protein-Coding Genes from One Drop of Dried Blood Provided by PR Newswire May 6, 2025, 12:09:00 PM Cellecta, Inc. Launches ...
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New Review out in Nature Reviews Genetics - Emergence and evolution of protein-coding de novo genes

A new review by Erich Bornberg-Bauer and Lars A. Eicholt summarizes current understanding of protein-coding de novo genes—genes that originate from previously non-coding DNA. Once considered rare or ...