A cytogenetic study of 41 populations found extensive inversion and translocation diversity in Chironomus borokensis, with ...

A memorial review documents cytogeneticist Ninel A. Petrova’s nearly 60-year career studying polytene chromosomes in ...

Polytene chromosomes have for 80 years provided the highest resolution view of interphase genome structure in an animal cell nucleus. These chromosomes represent the normal genomic state of nearly all ...

The humble Y chromosome may be the smallest chromosome in the mammalian genome (and getting even smaller), but it is mighty: Genes on the Y chromosome are critical for fertility in males. In a new ...

Scientists have taken an important step toward a gene therapy that could one day turn off the extra genetic material that causes Down syndrome (DS). Down syndrome is a genetic condition caused by an ...

The Y chromosome is among the smallest in the human body and carries the fewest genes. Researchers are paying renewed attention to its role in cancer — specifically, what happens when it vanishes.

Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from their cells as they age. But because the Y bears few genes other than for male determination, it was thought this loss would not affect health. But evidence has ...

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The Y chromosome keeps grabbing attention in evolutionary science. People often wonder if it is stable, shrinking, or on its way to disappearing. This debate continues because it balances solid ...

A hallmark of cancerous cells is an abnormal number of chromosomes or chromosome arms, known as aneuploidy. While aneuploidy is detrimental to regular cells, it occurs in as many as 90% of tumors. How ...