New research predicts the location of DNA sequences that can form structures besides the canonical double helix—non-B DNA—in the recently released telomere-to-telomere genomes of the great apes, ...

After more than two decades of work, researchers have achieved a genetics milestone: they have successfully sequenced the complete genomes of six ape species, a feat that seemed impossible just a few ...

Scientists at the University of Vienna, Austria, have screened great ape specimens obtained from natural history museums to identify DNA viruses. This groundbreaking study provides unique insights ...

The genome of the evolutionary ancestor of humans and present-day apes underwent a burst of activity in duplicating segments of DNA, according to a study to be published in Nature Feb 12, the 200th ...

Scientists hope DNA analysis will reveal the origins of large, mysterious apes discovered in the heart of Africa. InsertArt(2022438)GENETICS RESEARCH has begun at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo on fecal ...

For decades, the early evolution of apes has been reconstructed from a narrow geographic window. Fossils from East ...

An international team of experts has compiled the world's largest wild chimp genomic catalog by sequencing DNA found in hundreds of samples of ape feces. The team was led by the Institute of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Behold the bonobo, our ape cousin that’s kinder and gentler than the chimp or, well, us. Now scientists have mapped the primate’s DNA, and some researchers say that may eventually ...

Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative DNA conformations—referred to as non-B DNA—have been implicated as regulators of cellular processes ...