Now researchers might have uncovered a source for this resilience: the second X chromosome in female cells that was previously considered ‘silent’. Why the sexes don’t feel pain the same way ...

Females carry two X chromosomes. One of them is ensconced in a corner in the cell called the Barr body, where it can't express many genes, and scientists thought it didn't do much of anything.

Females carry two X chromosomes. One of them is ensconced in a corner in the cell called the Barr body, where it can’t express many genes, and scientists thought it didn’t do much of anything. But the ...

Transposons, or "jumping genes"—DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another—are key to bacterial evolution and the development of antibiotic resistance. Cornell ...

Chromosomes are cellular structures that contain the genetic material. A chromosome is comprised of a single DNA molecule that may be either circular or linear. The full complement of a cell s ...

In a surprise, work in mice has found that the dormant X chromosome in females can reawaken late in life and turn on genes that keep the brain healthy. UCSF researchers may have discovered how the ...

Researchers show that transposons can target and insert themselves at the ends of linear chromosomes, called telomeres, within their bacterial host. In Streptomyces -- historically one of the most ...

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This may be due to its high vitamin C content. According to a 2017 article in the Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology, vitamin C can reduce tyrosinase activity, which prevents the ...

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 ...

Now, Gen Z has focused its glare on ideas of affluent dressing, posting images and videos on social media of what is being dubbed the “old money aesthetic”: cable-knit sweaters tossed over ...

The repository also contains a reference genome construction script that works in parallel (by chromosome) on the previously mentioned HPC infrastructure. The study by Fakhro et al. (2016) generated a ...