It has been known for several years that abnormal chromosome numbers lead to protein imbalances in the affected cells. Researchers at RPTU have now investigated the detailed effects of such imbalances ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

Researchers at the IPK Leibniz Institute have discovered a previously unknown protein that is central to plant reproduction.

An international research team led by Dr. André Marques from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Prof. Dr. Christiane ...

The Arabidopsis chromosome was mitotically stable in hybrid cells following cell division, and initially existed as a translocated chromosome. During culture, the translocated chromosomes then ...

Instead of halving the chromosome count, the cell leaves the full complement intact. When such a gamete meets another, the resulting embryo inherits double – or even triple – the usual DNA. The ...

To avoid elimination, many B chromosomes influence cell division in their favor and increase their copy number in the process. This phenomenon is called chromosome drive. The “selfish” B chromosomes, ...

Polyteny can also be induced in vitro and it has been found that the meristematic tissues of root tips and the cotyledon cells of some plant species are able to form polytene chromosomes when ...

This fundamental study elucidates the function of the cohesin subunit SCC3 in maintaining homologous chromosome pairing and synapsis during meiosis. The observation of sterility in the SCC3 weak ...

Researchers aren’t sure why some plant genomes get so large. Every time a cell of this fern divides, for instance, it would have to copy some 330 feet of genetic material, which seems inefficient.