A chromosome-mapping study and literature synthesis found variation in the number, position and synteny of 5S and 35S rDNA ...

A FISH study of 15 ant species and a review of newer cytogenetic data support one rDNA-bearing chromosome pair as the likely ...

An article by UAB professor Joan-Ramon Daban analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA packaging that have often been neglected in structural models of chromosomes. The study, ...

A new article analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA packaging that have often been neglected in structural models of chromosomes. The study demonstrates that the multilaminar ...

New research into mitotic chromosomes has found that they are covered in a liquid-like coating that could allow them to bounce off one another, like bumper cars, protecting them from being damaged ...

Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells. Each chromosome is made of protein and a single molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Passed from ...

A comparative genome study and squid embryo experiment explore how folded DNA may shape cephalopod gene regulation.

The body cells of humans and animals contain a double set of chromosomes. One half of the genetic material comes from the mother, the other stems from the father. During the formation of sperm or egg ...

A new study conducted on roundworms finds that a common plastic ingredient causes breaks in DNA strands, resulting in egg cells with the wrong number of chromosomes. Monica Colaiácovo of Harvard ...

Six men scattered across Italy share something extraordinary with Leonardo da Vinci: the same Y chromosome that passed, father to son, through at least 15 generations of the da Vinci family.