chromosome

Some clades occupy highly isolated parts of the genome map because their chromosome architecture has few close parallels.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

It may also help scientists investigate whether changes in chromosome structure are connected to differences in gene regulation, development, or biodiversity.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

The Year 8 student from Western Australia has Down Syndrome – a genetic condition caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 which leads to physical and intellectual disabilities.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Down's syndrome is when you're born with an extra chromosome - and people with the condition are likely to have some level of learning disability.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

The nucleic acid in a chromosome, as one biochemist put it, was merely the “structure-determining, supporting substance”—a glorified molecular scaffold for genes.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

To study the consequences of these abnormalities, Cimini's team manipulated diploid cancer cells so they would duplicate their chromosomes without completing cell division.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Telomeres are protective structures located at the ends of chromosomes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

Ancestral chromosomes can combine, or they can separate.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

A human, an octopus, and a coral may appear to have almost nothing in common, but their chromosomes still contain recognizable fragments inherited from an animal ancestor that lived more than 600 million years ago.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Humans have forty-six such chromosomes in total—twenty-three from one parent and twenty-three from another.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee