DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...
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Scientists identify fusion point of Robertsonian chromosomes, hinting at how chromosomes evolve
In about one out of every 800 people, two chromosomes fuse together to form an unusual bond. These are known as Robertsonian ...
By making the world's microbial DNA easier to explore, a new sequence alignment tool, LexicMap, lets scientists search for a ...
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DNA sequence once overlooked as ‘junk’ found to drive human chromosome fusions
Leonardo Gomes de Lima, Ph.D., a postdoctoral associate in the Gerton Lab, led the research. The findings show how these chromosome fusions form, why they remain stable, and how repetitive DNA, once ...
Open a high school biology textbook, and you'll see human chromosomes lined up two by two, like socks in a drawer. But in about one out of every 800 people, two chromosomes buck the trend, fusing ...
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