The last few years have provided us with a new level of understanding of how chromosomes are replicated, segregated and read - and how their 3D organisation influences expression of individual genes ...

The epigenetic state of chromatin, gene activity, and chromosomal positions are interrelated. A research team from the IPK ...

In a nutshell Female cells randomly use either the maternal or paternal X chromosome—this study shows that relying more ...

The epigenetic state of chromatin, gene activity, and chromosomal positions are interrelated. A research team from the IPK Leibniz Institute (IPK) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) ...

Chromosome abnormality is the condition in a cell or organism where the number of chromosomes or the structure of any chromosome differs from the normal karyotype. When the variant genotype is not ...

Results prove that inversions can be generated in plants without causing further unwanted changes in the expression of genetic information.

Allopolyploids are common in natural ecosystems (Grant, 1981). They arise as a result of distant hybridization (and chromosome doubling) between related species containing different sets of related, ...

Using both the new echidna genome sequence and an existing platypus genome sequence, the international team of researchers reconstructed the likely chromosome composition of the monotreme ancestor.

The X and Y chromosomes, commonly referred to as the sex chromosomes, are one such pair. They determine the biological sex, reproductive organs, and sexual characteristics that develop in a person.

The X contains more genes related to brain function than does any other chromosome. “The X chromosome may be a treasure trove ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with teams from Lund University and the Center for Regenerative ...