In each cell of your body, DNA is stored in structures called chromosomes. When cells divide, these chromosomes are copied, ...

Published in Nature, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center report a ...

It's tricky to make an exact copy of yourself. Or at least it is for cells undergoing mitosis, where cells replicate ...

An international research team led by the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) has developed HERRO, an ...

Like mitosis, meiosis is a form of eukaryotic cell division. However, these two processes distribute genetic material among the resulting daughter cells in very different ways. Mitosis creates two ...

The humble Y chromosome may be the smallest chromosome in the mammalian genome (and getting even smaller), but it is mighty: Genes on the Y chromosome are critical for fertility in males. In a new ...

Humans contain 46 chromosomes (23 from their mother, and 23 from their father) in each of their body cells. This image shows duplicated chromosomes from a human male. Summary Scientists at the Sloan ...

Merotelic kinetochore (single kinetochore attaches to microtubules from two spindle poles) has been proposed to be the major mechanism underlying the spontaneous formation of lagging chromosomes, ...

Triploidy is a condition that affects 1% to 3% of pregnancies. It’s when a developing baby has an extra set of chromosomes, the thread-like structures that carry DNA. A triploidy pregnancy usually ...

Get ready for a biology lesson. Certain plants have extra sets of chromosomes. And it turns out, it's a useful trait for a ...