In both eukaryotes and prokaryotes, this highly compacted DNA is then arranged into structures called chromosomes. Chromosomes take different shapes in different types of organisms. For instance ...

Although significant differences have been found in the molecular composition of centromeres in different species ... to the higher-order structure of the chromosome. Figure 3 shows one model ...

Researchers at Rice University are making strides in understanding how chromosome structures change throughout the cell's life cycle. Their study on motorized processes that actively influence the ...

Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MD Multiple myeloma is a rare type of blood cancer that starts in your plasma cells.

Structural chromosomal anomalies are different from numerical anomalies in that they consist of a defect in the structure of 1 or more chromosomes. Examples include inversions (part of a ...

Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup.

A high-quality genome assembly of Silene latifolia was generated by researchers at CNRS/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and ...

Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden made an unexpected discovery while investigating genetically unique women.