BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The sequences of nonsense DNA that interrupt genes could be far more important to the evolution of genomes than previously thought, according to a recent Science report by Indiana ...

Introns are perhaps one of our genome's biggest mysteries. They are DNA sequences that interrupt the sensible protein-coding information in your genes, and need to be 'spliced out.' Although you may ...

While working on a COVID-19-related project during the lockdown, Kärt Tomberg, PhD, found herself thinking about introns. She was part of a team working on the spike protein used in vaccines. Her task ...

A new study points to introners, one of several proposed mechanisms for the creation of introns, as an explanation for the origins of most introns across species. One of the most long-standing, ...

The advent of next-generation sequencing technologies has accelerated genome analysis across diverse eukaryotic lineages. In particular, long-read sequencing facilitates the assembly of large, complex ...