Centromeres, specialized regions located at the center of chromosomes, are critical for ensuring proper cell division. During ...

In a leap forward for genetic and biomedical research, two scientists at the University of Missouri have developed a powerful ...

Centromeres, specialized regions located at the center of chromosomes, are critical for ensuring proper cell division. During mitosis, centromeres ...

A change in chromosome structure and content caused by translocation is a translocation mutation. Many genes may be transferred between chromosomes. Such translocation mutations can cause ...

Until now, the Y chromosome portion of the human genome has contained large gaps which made it difficult to understand variation and associated disease. The structure of the Y chromosome has been ...

With aging, the tightly packed structure of the silent X chromosome is gradually loosened, allowing for genes to be read ...

Women age differently from men when it comes to health—particularly in conditions like cardiovascular disease and ...

These motors play distinct roles in manipulating chromosome structure. Swimming motors, similar to RNA polymerases - enzymes that copy DNA sequences into RNA - help expand and contract the ...

Changes to the structure of a chromosome or abnormalities in the number of chromosomes present can also cause health conditions and some of these are described below. Changes in chromosome 2 have ...

In a major leap forward for genetic and biomedical research, scientists have developed a powerful new artificial intelligence tool that can predict the 3D shape of chromosomes inside individual cells ...

The Y chromosome is unusually repetitive, making it particularly difficult to sequence and assemble; it contains a complex repeat structure that includes long palindromes, tandem repeats ...