Recombination occurs when two molecules of DNA exchange pieces ... been lost as a result of the break. Then, once synthesized, this new DNA can be incorporated into the broken DNA strand, thereby ...

For the first time, scientists have witnessed the very moment DNA begins to unravel, revealing a necessary molecular event for DNA to be the molecule that codes all life.

According to a study published October 5 in Nature, it turns out that every so often, DNA escapes from mitochondria and integrates itself into our chromosomes ... itself from their fathers. Instead, ...