What is the structure of a chromosome? Why does the total number of chromosomes in a cell matter? Learn how chromosomes self-organize within single cells, and how these patterns help us detect ...

Traits as diverse as the color of a person's eyes and the scent of a rose are determined by the information contained in DNA. Learn how this information is coded by strings of molecules called ...

The so-called Robertsonian (Rb) fusions that led to these rapid karyotype changes are relatively common chromosomal rearrangements. But their accumulation in the populations of Madeira Island and in ...