Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have identified a novel protein complex that regulates Aurora B localization to ensure that chromosomes are correctly separated during cell division It is no ...

Non-coding DNA is essential for both humans and trypanosomes, despite the large evolutionary divergence between these two species.

For most of the billion or so times that cells divide in the average person, the process goes without a hitch. When cell division goes wrong, however, it can result in diseases that include cancer, ...

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have discovered that the structural protein SMCHD1 is required to prevent genes from both X chromosomes being expressed in female mammals. Mammals have ...

Cell division is essential for the correct transmission of genetic information. Each chromosome within a plant contains a centromere, a region that plays a central role in controlling chromosome ...

The biological research of UC Santa Cruz’s Needhi Bhalla to determine the molecular motions at the heart of heredity has yielded a new discovery: The proper transfer of genetic materials depends on ...

Within the human reference genome, the Y chromosome has been the most incomplete of all sequences, due to the technical challenge of sequencing its complex repetitive structure. Although scientists ...

The molecules that silence a woman’s second X chromosome can confuse the immune system, a new study suggests. By Carl Zimmer Women are much more likely than men to have their immune system turn ...