Although the participation of spliceosomes is almost always required for intron removal, a few types of genes have ...

DNA is the genetic code that provides the biological instructions for every living species, but not every bit of DNA helps the species survive. Some pieces of DNA are more like parasites, along for ...

Scientists have discovered that some tiny segments of RNA thought to be junk instead have a functional role in suppressing ...

An introner jumped between this species, a glass sponge, and an unrelated species of marine protist called a dinoflagellate. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, ...