If you unraveled all the DNA from a single human cell and placed it ... have just one or two circular chromosomes, a fruit fly has eight chromosomes, a rice plant 24, and a dog 78.

In the new study, Hoencamp and colleagues created heat maps that analyzed how chromosomes in the nuclei of 24 animal, plant and fungal species interacted inside their respective cells. The maps ...

This raised the question, says Martienssen, "of whether a cell might be able ... biological understanding of chromosome regulation. It could also be a boon to plant breeders, who, explains ...

Cells perfectly divide genetic material using a complex machine. New research reveals a chemical tag on a key protein in this ...

In late 2023, scientists revealed yeast cells with half their genes replaced by artificial DNA—the team hopes to eventually customize every single chromosome. Earlier this year, another study reworked ...

He thought the shape of the bubbles could predict where plant cells would divide ... rule and accounting for exceptions to it. At cell division, cells assemble complex molecular structures to ensure ...

Within every cell in our body ... Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, has uncovered the profound effects of an atypical mode of chromosome arrangement on genome ...

Damage to the ends of your chromosomes can create "zombie cells" that are still alive but can't function, according to our recently published study in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology.

Cancer cells with extra chromosomes depend on those chromosomes for tumor growth, a new Yale study reveals, and eliminating them prevents the cells from forming tumors. The findings, said the ...

This raised the question, says Martienssen, "of whether a cell might be able ... biological understanding of chromosome regulation. It could also be a boon to plant breeders, who, explains ...