A physically consistent and realistic structural model for DNA organization in chromosomes must be compatible with all the ...

According to new research from the Geisinger College of Health Sciences in Pennsylvania, risk factors for autism may be linked to the Y chromosome. Autism spectrum disorders are a diverse group of ...

Klinefelter syndrome is a genetic condition in which a boy is born with an extra X chromosome. Instead of the typical XY chromosomes in men, they have XXY, so this condition is also called XXY ...

A team of biologists, environmental scientists and geneticists affiliated with multiple institutions across the U.S. has ...

Yizhi “Patrick” Cai is coordinating a global effort to write a complete synthetic yeast genome. If he succeeds, the resulting cell will be the artificial life most closely related to humans to date.

Increased risk for autism appears to be linked to the Y chromosome, a Geisinger Health System study has found, offering a new explanation for the greater prevalence of autism in males. The results ...

Common plastic chemical benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) causes DNA damage, resulting in cell death and abnormal chromosome ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba developed a novel imaging method for visualizing lesions in the glomerular basement membrane using a mouse model of Alport syndrome, a hereditary kidney disease.

elegans is an effective model for studying the impacts in people ... with compromised genomic integrity and errors in meiotic chromosome segregation." ...

The Y chromosome has lost nearly 900 active genes over 166 million years, leaving just 55. Scientists estimate that the remaining genes could disappear in about 11 million years. Platypus Model ...

elegans is an effective model for studying the impacts on people ... with compromised genomic integrity and errors in meiotic chromosome segregation." More information: Henderson AL, Karthikraj ...