A protein thought to play a supporting role in DNA replication actually facilitates the whole process

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During that process, enzymes known as polymerases race along the DNA to copy its ...
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The Human Genome Project pieced together only 92% of the DNA – now scientists have finally filled in the remaining 8%

Gabrielle Hartley receives funding from the National Science Foundation. When the Human Genome Project announced that they had completed the first human genome in 2003, it was a momentous ...