The first Hi-C analysis of the tiny alga Ostreococcus tauri shows that its enigmatic low-GC outlier chromosomes fold into ...

For decades, technical limitations and entrenched expectations shaped chromosome counts, illustrating how accepted scientific ideas can persist despite conflicting evidence.

A new review published in Science brings together growing evidence that the X and Y chromosomes do more than determine ...

How are these unique sex chromosomes formed? "The sex of a somatic cell as highly differentiated as a neurone may be detected ...

A new study brings together growing evidence that the X and Y chromosomes do much more than just determine biological sex.

Single-molecule chromatin tracing in C. elegans embryos has revealed three distinct classes of megabase-scale heterochromatin domains, including condensin-dependent TAD-like structures and ...

An article by UAB professor Joan-Ramon Daban analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA packaging that have often been neglected in structural models of chromosomes. The study, ...

It was once thought that X and Y chromosomes only determine biological sex. However, recent research suggests that X and Y ...

We have looked at the process from collecting cells from an embryo for PGT to sending them off for testing.So, what can we ...

Human sex chromosomes originated from a pair of autosomes, the ordinary or non-sex chromosomes that contain the majority of our genome and come in identical pairs. That ancestral pair of autosomes ...

Repetitive DNA and the D1 protein help matching fruit fly chromosomes recognize one another before eggs form.

Your biological sex chromosomes may play a much larger role in how your body fights off deadly diseases and ages than ...