DNA contains genes that carry instructions for the manufacture of a protein. If a mutation occurs in a gene that results in a change to the sequence of DNA bases, then the structure of the protein ...

There are many different types of mutations which can arise in DNA. This diagram shows the normal order of the bases for one of the strands in a DNA molecule. Only one of the strands of DNA is ...

Since the virus was first identified a year ago, thousands of mutations have arisen. The vast majority of mutations are "passengers" and will have little impact, says Dr Lucy van Dorp, an expert ...

Researchers discovered that mammals - from tigers to humans - have roughly the same number of mutations by the time they die of old age. But short-lived animals tend to burn through their ...

AIP (Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Interacting Protein) is the name of the gene which causes pituitary adenomas in some families with acromegaly and occasionally prolactinomas, and very rarely with other ...