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Chromosome
Chromosomes are the microscopic threadlike part of the cell that carries hereditary information in the form of genes. A defining feature of any chromosome is its compactness. For instance, the 46 chromosomes found in human cells have a combined length of 200 nm (1 nm = 10− 9 meter); if the chromosomes were to be unraveled, the genetic material they contain would measure roughly 2 meters (about 6.5 feet) in length.
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...
Written By:
Carly Boyd
SEP 18, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 17, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
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...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
SEP 15, 2019
Immunology
New research shows a transcriptase that helps time cell death varies in expression, and is unusually localized, in cance
...
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Amanda Mikyska
SEP 11, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR/Cas9 was developed as a gene-editing tool and now it's going beyond small, targeted changes in the genome.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2019
Neuroscience
MRI scans give us pictures of the brain that depict the physical structure of brain tissue. Now, researchers discovered
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
SEP 06, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Nature has given us some of our best medicines; it's thought that as many as half the drugs we used are derived from nat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have used cutting edge imaging tools to map a region of the human genome that has not been well-described.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A recent study has shown that there is no sigular ‘gay gene’ (Boyd: 2019). Instead however, it seems that th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 29, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
"I like to call it 'the Chernobyl effect' -- you've turned the reactor on and now you can't turn it off," said senior au
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The massive tumbleweed Salsola ryanii was once thought to be going extinct, but it's growing stronger.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Reporting in Nature Genetics, scientists have now identified a genetic feature underlying three neurodegenerative diseas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Simple cell functions like division or metabolism can lead to DNA damage, which can also occur because of normal exposur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
In many mammals, there are clear differences between the sexes. Average heights get higher in men relative to women, for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
For most animals, the sex is established early on in development and they stay that way throughout the life of the organ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The companionship between dogs and humans is like no other. Known as ‘man’s best friend’, countless re
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 08, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
With a more precise version of CRISPR/Cas9, researchers altered a single, mutated copy of a gene, leaving the correct on
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Sepsis is a serious medical condition that results from inflammation in the body and can cause fatal multi-organ dysfunc
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 24, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A common algebra problem given to middle and high school students goes something like this; "if a piece of paper ha
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JUN 18, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Some human chromosomes carry genetic sequences that trace back nearly a million years.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
As organisms grow, their cells have to move into the right places. Cells move as they divide, build, and maintain all ki
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 29, 2019
Health & Medicine
The most common form of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic disease, is caused by mutations of chromosome
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta