The flowerpot snake, one of the world's smallest snakes, has some unusual distinctions. Also known as the Brahminy blind ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For ...

A 2017 study published in the journal PLOS Genetics said the chromosome's evolution of palindromes — DNA sequences that read the same forward as backward — and repetitive copies of genes could ...

Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a ...

Each human cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes that carry DNA within their nucleus. The X and Y chromosomes, commonly referred to as the sex chromosomes, are one such pair. They determine the ...

DNA analysis is crucial for identifying individuals and their relatives, using technologies like PCR, electrophoresis, and ...

Utrecht University has appointed Bas van Steensel as Special Professor of Chromosome Biology. Van Steensel will lead fundamental research into how chromosomes function and how genetic information is ...

So, it's very easy to see,” she said. To zoom in on changes in chromosome organization during meiosis, the researchers used nuclear membrane and DNA damage protein stains to track nuclear behavior.

Transposons, or 'jumping genes' -- DNA segments that can move from one ... can target and insert themselves at the ends of linear chromosomes, called telomeres, within their bacterial host.

In a recent study, scientists have developed a revolutionary chromosome identification system for alfalfa, one of the world’s most economically vital ...