The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is one of Australia's most iconic animals. Belonging to a unique group of ...

Chromosomal abnormalities can include two basic categories: numerical or structural. A structural abnormality can include an alteration to the structure of the chromosome, as the name suggests.

An international team of scientists has uncovered new insights into how the previously understudied duplicate X chromosome in ...

The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)  is one of Australia’s most iconic animals. Belonging to a unique group of ...

A team of Japanese scientists has discovered the gene that determines the fur color of calico cats, which are characterized ...

Two separate hybridization mixtures were prepared ... Before hybridization, metaphase chromosomes on slides were treated with 100 μg/ml RNase for 1 h at 37 °C and 30 μg/ml pepsin (in 0.01 ...

A nearly gapless genome sequence of the echidna, an egg-laying mammal with multiple sex chromosomes, helps researchers to ...

In many organisms, aging is a clear risk factor for increased rates of chromosome mis-segregation, the main source of aneuploidy. Here, we report that old yeast mother c ...

Brian Tait, Haplomic Technologies Pty Ltd, examines single chromosome sequencing to obtain genetic phase (haplotyping) ...

Plastic chemicals may harm DNA, as new research reveals how additives disrupt nematode egg formation, suggesting risks to human reproductive health.