Nirenberg's Genetic Code Chart, 1961-66 On May 27, 1961, Heinrich Matthaei, a postdoc working with NIH scientist Marshal Nirenberg, placed synthetic polyuracil RNA into 20 test tubes to see what it ...

The fish's DNA code expanded dramatically over the past 100 million years of evolutionary history, racking up the equivalent of one human genome every 10 million years, researchers found.

Bridget Kendall and guests unravel the working of the DNA molecule and the history of DNA research, from its origins in 1869, when the young Swiss physician Friedrich Miescher first discovered the ...