This video shows replication of individual pieces of double stranded DNA. This is the first time DNA replication -- arguably, the fundamental process of life on Earth -- has been observed directly.
Before a cell divides and DNA is passed from one cell to another, a complex process occurs. The DNA strands unwind and separate. Each strand makes a complementary strand by adding the appropriate ...
The DNA packed inside every human cell contains instructions for life, written in billions of letters of genetic code. Every time a cell divides, the complete code, divided among 46 chromosomes, must ...