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

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

An article by UAB professor Joan-Ramon Daban analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA packaging that have ...

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

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

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 ...

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.

Ring-shaped extrachromosomal DNA is implicated in many cancers. Rachel Brazil talks to the scientists trying to uncover their ...

Genomic changes in the infectious yeast Candida tropicalis may play a role in its resistance to antifungals, according to a ...

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.