Each cell with a nucleus contains chromosomes, which are made from DNA Human body cells each contain 23 pairs of chromosomes, half of which are from each parent. So, human gametes (eggs and sperm ...

Except for identical twins, each person's DNA is ... body cell contains 46 chromosomes. These can be arranged into 23 pairs. Each chromosome in a pair carries the same types of genes.

Small sections of the chromosome, called genes ... all of the cell's chromosomes are stored inside a structure called the nucleus. Each eukaryotic chromosome is composed of DNA coiled and ...

The way DNA folds inside the nucleus of brain cells may ... The findings, published April 3 in Molecular Cell, offer a new way to think about cancer beyond gene mutations, based on the way that ...

Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As part of the process, viruses leave behind remnants throughout the genetic material ...

Scientists report that they have learned how certain combinations of rearranged genes can promote the progression of a rare ...

Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells. Each chromosome is made ... of genetic instructions for an organism. The DNA within the chromosomes encodes ...

Professor Anton GARTNER (Distinguished Professor at the UNIST Graduate School of Medicine and Associate Faculty of the IBS ...

But cells have a simple solution: turn off one X chromosome and crumple the extra genes into a quieted mass of DNA called a Barr body. A long noncoding RNA known as XIST (pronounced “exist”), which is ...

Researchers have uncovered a "selfish" X chromosome in the fruit fly Drosophila testacea that manages to distort inheritance ...

A "Jeopardy!" show recently asked what animal had the most chromosomes. This month's River Life column tells us more about answer: the hermit crab.