“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Oded Poncz, founder and chief technology ...

Scientists have uncovered a 400-million-year-old genetic secret that gave spiders the ability to produce silk and weave their webs. Spiders didn't begin their journey on Earth in the same way as they ...

Novel gene function associated with gene duplication can arise in either of two ways. According to the NEO-F model, novel function arises after gene duplication, with one copy maintaining ancestral ...

They have pinpointed a previously hidden “whole genome duplication” (WGD) in the common ancestor of these species, which seemingly opened the door to genetic variations that may have conferred an ...

Although it may not be as dramatic as the Big Bang birthing the universe, an explosion of DNA duplication in the common ancestor of humans, chimpanzees and gorillas may be responsible for many of the ...

Segmental duplications are large genomic segments of recent origin and nearly identical sequence. Segmental duplications account for up to 5% of the human genome and they are often involved in genomic ...

“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Ben Epstein, engagement manager at Jounce Media. Auction duplication is the new ...

MECP2 Duplication Syndrome is a progressive neurological disorder due to a chromosomal anomaly. The chromosomal disorder was first reported in 2005 and involves duplication of the methyl CpG binding ...