Researchers at Harvard University have developed a semiconductor chip that can synthesize 64 different ...

DNA-based methods dominate molecular cancer diagnostics but struggle to detect gene fusions and assess splice site consequences. RNA sequencing enables sensitive fusion detection and direct assessment ...

Wildlife populations that become small and isolated, often due to habitat loss, inevitably experience inbreeding which can lead to the loss of fitness and eventual extinction. One solution is to ...

Imagine scanning lion dung or a mouse dropping and instantly knowing exactly what and how much the animal has eaten. Thanks to new DNA techniques, this is becoming increasingly feasible. Ph.D. student ...

Definition: DNA amplification is the laboratory process of making many copies of a selected DNA sequence from a very small starting amount. It allows DNA that would otherwise be too scarce to detect ...

NHREF copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of Alan R. Kabat. ANTHMAI copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of Jayne H. Plank. Contents 1. Setting up an ...

DNA barcodes : methods and protocols / W. John Kress and David L. Erickson -- Introduction to animal DNA barcoding protocols / Lee A. Weigt ... [et al.] -- DNA barcodes for insects / John James Wilson ...

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — When Maureen Brainard-Barnes’ skeletal remains were found hidden in the roadside scrub near Long Island’s Gilgo Beach in the winter of 2010, there was hardly any physical ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — When Maureen Brainard ...