Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a simple and economical technique for imaging and mapping fruit fly chromosomes. This new approach will enable them to construct the first ...

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have developed a new way to predict how cancer cells evolve by gaining and losing whole chromosomes, changes that help tumors grow, adapt and resist treatment. In ...

In what might be a surprise for some, the male sex chromosome is far more complex than its female counterpart. This is why it’s taken scientists so long to work out exactly what makes a male a male.

Selfish genetic elements enhance their own transmission, but are neutral or detrimental to their host organisms (Werren et al, 1988; Hurst and Werren, 2001). Diverse genetic elements have been ...

Standard laboratory tests can fail to detect many disease-causing DNA changes. Now, a novel 3D chromosome mapping method can reliably reveal these hidden structural variants and lead to new ...

How do the chromosomal DNA molecules that encode the genome, that measure almost two meters, fit into cells that are a fraction of the size? The answer lies in the spatial organization of chromosomal ...

Genome analysis can provide information on genes and their location on a strand of DNA, but such analysis reveals little about their spatial location in relation to one another within chromosomes -- ...

Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells. Each chromosome is made of protein and a single molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Passed from ...

Atopy is a common familial syndrome which underlies allergic asthma and rhinitis. It is characterised by immunoglobulin E responses to common aero-allergens such as grass pollens or house dust mite.

Genes are segments of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) that are located inside every human cell. The DNA inside each cell is tightly coiled in structures called chromosomes. Each chromosome contains a ...