Trisomy is a genetic condition characterized by the presence of an extra chromosome. This means that the affected person has three copies of the 21st chromosome instead of two. The most common forms ...

New research into mitotic chromosomes has found that they are covered in a liquid-like coating that could allow them to ...

How does the CRISPR Down Syndrome breakthrough work to remove the extra chromosome 21? We are closer than ever to a world ...

The beautiful, fascinating and often perplexing world around us grows from intricate and convoluted interactions of millions ...

X chromosome: How genetics becomes egalitarian Date: December 19, 2018 Source: Université de Genève Summary: In cell biology, men and women are unequal: men have an X chromosome, while women ...

The Y chromosome, along with the X chromosome, is often discussed for its role in sexual development. While these chromosomes play a central role, the factors involved in human sexual development are ...

The Y chromosome, along with the X chromosome, is often discussed for its role in sexual development. While these chromosomes play a central role, the factors involved in human sexual development are ...

The Y chromosomes of many species, including humans, are gene-poor and degenerate. The recent application of genome-wide technologies to evolutionarily old and young Y chromosomes has provided ...

The Y chromosome has shrunken drastically over 200 million years of evolution. Even those who study it have used the word 'wimpy' to describe it, and yet it continues to stick around. An Opinion ...

The researchers were able to fuse chromosome 1 and 2, as well as chromosome 4 and 5, in haploid embryonic mouse stem cells. The differentiation of stem cells that were altered in this way was ...