One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published ...

The centromere is necessary for the transport of chromosomes during cell division and, therefore, for the correct ...

A game-changining achievement in genome science has identified over 140,000 distinct DNA loops in our cells, providing chromosome fold resolution that is among the best ever created. In this ongoing ...

Chromothripsis enables cancer cells to evolve and resist treatment. With their new findings, researchers hope to explore ways ...

Scientists remain divided over whether the human Y chromosome will eventually vanish. But clinicians say the real concern ...

The human Y chromosome, the determinant of male sex, has finally been completely sequenced. What it unveils could prove crucial to understanding the Y chromosome’s puzzling origins, and — pertinently ...

Basic biology has it that girls are girls because they have two X chromosomes — the things inside cells that carry our genes. Boys are boys because they have one X and one Y. Recently, though, there's ...

Chromosome 5 is the fifth largest chromosome of the 23 chromosomal pairs in humans and represents nearly 6% of the total DNA. Despite being one of the largest chromosomes, chromosome 5 has a low gene ...

A study revealed that the Y chromosome, which determines male sex, is degenerating and may vanish in a few million years. Research on Sry-deficient Amami spiny rats, which lost the Y chromosome but ...

Researchers have discovered how the MSL complex responsible for dosage compensation can distinguish the X chromosome from autosomes in flies. A lab used a unique research approach to determine the ...