Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For ...

Passed from parents to offspring, chromosomes contain the specific instructions that make each type of living creature unique. This illustration shows the structure of a chromosome, highlighting how ...

Chances are you've seen an illustration of DNA's double-helix structure and even pictures of the chromosomes that make up the human genome. But where and how does the famous double helix fit into ...

The improper segregation of chromosomes during cell division leads to abnormalities that disrupt the proper functioning of the cell. Cells with an abnormal number of chromosomes consequently ...

each chromosome forms a compact X-shaped structure with two rod-like copies. How the cell achieves this feat remains largely unknown. Now, for the first time, EMBL scientists have directly ...

each chromosome forms a compact X-shaped structure with two rod-like copies. How the cell achieves this feat remains largely unknown. Now, for the first time, EMBL scientists have directly ...

Thus, in her experiments, McClintock observed several fundamental properties of chromosome biology ... the experiments that revealed the actual structure of telomeres. Nature provided the model ...

Experiments show that CENP-B works as a dimer, so it may be able to cross-link two nearby satellite sequences, thereby contributing to the higher-order structure of the chromosome. Figure 3 shows ...

Chances are you've seen an illustration of DNA's double-helix structure and even pictures of the chromosomes that comprise the human genome. But where and how does the famous double helix fit into ...