The completion of chromosome synXVI allows scientists to explore new possibilities in metabolic engineering and strain ...

Macquarie University researchers have worked with an international team of scientists to achieve a major milestone in ...

Scientists have completed construction of the final chromosome in the worlds' first synthetic yeast genome following more than a decade of work, opening new possibilities for creating resilient, ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with teams from Lund University and the Center for Regenerative ...

This study details the design and optimization of synXVI, a synthetic yeast chromosome, overcoming growth challenges through ...

The epigenetic state of chromatin, gene activity, and chromosomal positions are interrelated. A research team from the IPK Leibniz Institute (IPK) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) ...

Researchers at the Crick have uncovered which genes on the Y chromosome regulate the development of sperm and impact fertility in male mice. This research could help us understand why some men don’t ...

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 ...

Inversion. A segment of DNA that is reversed in orientation with respect to the rest of the chromosome. Pericentric inversions include the centromere, whereas paracentric inversions do not.