DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

Chances are you've seen an illustration of DNA's double-helix ... We've now zoomed in enough to see portions of the DNA strand. The DNA is wrapped around histones -- protein structures that ...

Illustrations of double-stranded DNA, RNA and a wormlike bead chain model. The radial distribution of the end-to-end distance, Ree, and contour length, L, are shown. This image may be used only ...

Trends in Genetics 22, 46–55 (2006). Argueso, J. L. et al. Double-strand breaks associated with repetitive DNA can reshape the genome. Proceedings of the Naitonal Academy of Sciences 105 ...