Visualization of the genome (green) and a single gene (magenta) in a human cell nucleus, with genomic motions mapped by arrows and an example of a gene trajectory highlighted as a colored curve.

The nucleus of each human body cell contains 46 chromosomes. Each chromosome contains about 1000 genes. There is enough DNA in all the cells in a human body to stretch to the sun and back again ...

The Homo sapiens genome today contains a little ... contains versions of several of the same genes that are found in the modern human Y chromosome. In modern humans, a Y chromosome gene called ...

(Image: National Human Genome Research Institute ... sometimes referred to as "junk DNA," has various functions, such as regulating gene expression, maintaining chromosome structure, and playing a ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a promising new approach that could be used to treat a rare and ...

Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup.

Phillippy and his colleagues found 110 new genes, 41 of which are ... The new Y chromosome sequences could spell change for metagenomics research, which involves sequencing microbial genomes. Human ...

Human biological ... PLOS Genetics said the chromosome's evolution of palindromes — DNA sequences that read the same forward as backward — and repetitive copies of genes could keep it from ...

Macquarie University researchers, alongside an international team, have achieved a significant milestone in synthetic biology by completing the final chromosome of the world's first synthetic yeast ...

Using genome-editing ... [Gorodenkoff/Getty Images] The research team used specialized gene editing tools to identify and fix problems in the synthetic chromosome affecting how well the yeast ...