Scientists have uncovered a surprising twist in how cells behave when division goes wrong. Sometimes a cell successfully copies its DNA but fails to split into two, leaving it with double the genetic ...

Get ready for a biology lesson. Certain plants have extra sets of chromosomes. And it turns out, it's a useful trait for a ...

Esotropia and exotropia could have shared genetic risk factors based on findings that genetif duplications on chromosomes were risk factors for the diseases. Genetic duplications in the second, fourth ...

Genome duplication probably gave biodiversity a decisive evolutionary boost. A Chinese-German research team led by Axel Meyer from the University of Konstanz has now investigated the early phases of ...

When cells divide and chromosomes are replicated for the daughter cells in a select type of cell called the germline, which is happening constantly in living things, sometimes things don’t go ...

Unlike humans, many plants have more than two sets of chromosomes. This trait may help them adapt to environmental upheaval, such as climate change.

A new study shows that how a cell fails to divide after copying its DNA can determine its fate. Cell division is one of the most fundamental and complex processes underpinning life. In human cells, ...

For a living cell to divide successfully, each daughter cell must inherit the correct genetic material. In eukaryotes, segregation of duplicated chromosomes is performed by the mitotic spindle, a ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising twist in how cells behave when division goes wrong. Sometimes a cell successfully ...

One chromosome from the mother, one chromosome from the father: For us humans and the vast majority of animal species, having a double set of chromosomes is the standard. Two complete sets of ...