While the findings of the new study are an exciting step in better understanding why certain people need as little as 4 to 6 ...

Finally, still other sources of mutations are the many different types of transposable elements, which are small entities of DNA that possess a mechanism that permits them to move around within ...

Scientists have created a mega-database revealing how half a million different DNA mutations generate errors in proteins in humans. The researchers hope that the database will be used to develop ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells ... DNA damage is distinct from a mutation. While a mutation is ...

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 ...

They can also appear spontaneously during the replication of DNA. Mutations generally fall into two types: point mutations and chromosomal aberrations. In point mutations, one base pair is changed.

Ancestry and smoking influence genetic mutation rates in children, but parental age remains the strongest factor, a new study finds.

Mutations occur continuously and can be spontaneous. Most are caused by errors when the DNA is copied prior to cell division. They can also happen because of: ionising radiation close ionising ...

and very rarely with other types of pituitary adenomas. Childhood or young adult onset patients usually with acromegaly can also have mutations in the AIP gene without a known family history of ...