The accurate distribution of chromosomes in an oocyte is essential for the correct transmission of genetic information to the ...

Despite having identical genetic instructions, female honey bee larvae can develop into either long-lived reproductive queens ...

Some of the most harmful genetic changes in cancer are also the hardest to see. These structural alterations, deep within a ...

When we think of evolution, we think of slow, gradual changes in animal and plant species over millions, perhaps even hundreds of millions, of years. It took humans, for example, an estimated six ...

In the forests of upstate New York, little brown bats hang upside down in caves, sometimes for decades. One of them was once ...

Despite having identical genetic instructions, female honey bee larvae can develop into either long-lived reproductive queens ...

The chromosomes of sperm cells are tightly packaged into a complex of DNA and protamines. Converting the chromatin from a nucleohistone to a nucleoprotamine structure may serve both biophysical ...

What do you teach?” I am asked when I say that I am a professor at UMass. I teach plant physiology. But the question misses ...