Researchers are now exploring how different types of repetitive DNA create genome instability and structurally variant chromosomes.

Karyotype analysis plays a central role in cytogenetics, helping to reveal evolutionary processes and species relationships.

The Atlas blue butterfly, also known as Polyommatus atlantica, has been genetically confirmed as having the highest number of chromosomes out of all multicellular animals in the world. This insect ...

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that safeguards the chromosome ends from being mistakenly repaired by the cell. While DNA repair is vital for survival, attempts to repair the ...

Understanding the relationship between macro- and microevolutionary processes and their delimitation remains a challenge. This review focuses on the role of chromosomal rearrangements in plant ...

Thank you for developing such an outstanding software tool. I am a bioinformatics beginner now working on gymnosperm genome assembly. May I ask a question about the signal between homologous ...

WHEN THE first draft of the DNA sequence that makes up the human genome was unveiled in 2000, America’s president at the time, Bill Clinton, announced that humankind was “learning the language with ...

Researchers found that inverted DNA segments, or supergenes, helped cichlid fish rapidly evolve into hundreds of species, revealing a powerful mechanism behind biodiversity and evolution. Credit: ...

Cutting-edge gene editing technology could eradicate Down syndrome, according to Japanese scientists. Down syndrome, which causes a range of developmental differences and affects 1 in 700 newborns in ...