The health impacts of men losing their Y chromosome from their cells are increasingly coming to light, with the loss playing ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected function for a crucial protein involved in cell division. Reported in two consecutive ...

A hallmark of cancerous cells is an abnormal number of chromosomes or chromosome arms, known as aneuploidy. While aneuploidy ...

Cell division is a process of remarkable precision: during each cycle, the genetic material must be evenly distributed between the two daughter cells. To achieve this, duplicated chromosomes, known as ...

Doctors discovered a woman had "blood chimerism" after examining the chromosomes of cells from different parts of her body.

A karyotype, a visual representation of an individual's chromosomes, serves as a powerful tool for detecting chromosomal ...

Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time.

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

Inside every human cell, tiny mitochondria quietly convert nutrients into usable energy, keeping organs running and immune ...

A French-American team reports that Carba1 prevents chemotherapy-induced neuropathy in preclinical models while preserving ...

Chromosome Duplication Occurs Prior To Both Mitosis And Meiosis.

Researchers from Skoltech, the University of Potsdam, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a fundamental physical law that governs the seemingly chaotic motion of chromosomes ...