Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

Deep in the Turkish plains lies a site older than history itself. At its heart is a structure like no other—Building AB. A new theory might finally explain what it was, and why it matters so much ...

Mitotic chromosomes give genome portions the required compaction and mechanical stability for faithful inheritance during cell divisions. They are shaped by the chromosomal condensin complex. Here, we ...

It doesn’t matter what country you are in, regulators always seem to be reworking rules to make their markets better. The problem is that, often, different market objectives (and their solutions) ...

DNA packaging structure. Animation of chromosomes and chromatin structure with histones. A very interesting video that allows you to focus on the details and see the structure. This image was not ...

Discover China’s breathtaking butterfly-shaped architectural wonder — the world’s largest structure modeled after a butterfly. Blending creativity, nature, and futuristic design, this iconic building ...

Firefighters on scene of a residential structure fire on the 1200 block of Silvestre Road in Hope Ranch on Friday. Credit: Ryan Cullom / Noozhawk photo Firefighters responded Friday afternoon to a ...

In a major leap forward for genetic and biomedical research, two scientists at the University of Missouri have developed a powerful new artificial intelligence tool that can predict the 3D shape of ...

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how ...

Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a groundbreaking method called LoopTrace. By observing overlapping DNA loops ...

Chromosomal rearrangements, such as chromosome segment inversions, may affect the epigenetic landscape as well as gene expression. Indeed, different kinds of chromosome segment inversions have been ...