Chromosomes are thread-like structures comprising DNA that are present inside the nucleus of every cell in the body. Specific segments of DNA are called genes. Every chromosome contains many genes, ...

Chromosomes are tightly coiled structures in each of your cells that contain DNA, the code for all life. DNA is organized in segments on chromosomes called genes. Humans typically have 46 chromosomes ...

Tiny repeated stretches of DNA in your genome may quietly shape how your body works, how your brain develops and how you ...

Unique sex chromosomes occur in species from humans to birds, worms, and flies. An unequal pair of sex chromosomes, each carrying a different complement of genes, requires specific efforts to regulate ...

Bacterial DNA much more twisted than originally thought. Akin to the well-mixed colors in Jackson Pollock’s ‘Convergence’, the findings reported by transposable phage Mu highlight that all loci in the ...

The emergence in the Neolithic of patrilineal social systems, in which children are affiliated with their father's lineage, may explain a spectacular decline in the genetic diversity of the Y ...

Jenny Graves receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Paul Waters receives funding from Australian Research Council. Nicholas Lister does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...