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The authors reported negative results in most assays, including tests for mutations and chromosome damage.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

The team found that differences in chromosome numbers among animal groups can arise in two main ways.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

As chromosome mixing accumulates over time, lineages continue to diverge.

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

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

The result was a type of cell known as a tetraploid cell, which contains four complete sets of chromosomes rather than the usual two.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Telomeres are protective structures located at the ends of chromosomes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

They can reveal which genes an animal possesses without showing exactly where those genes are positioned along its chromosomes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Other investigators point to the fact that the chromosomes in cancer tissue are unstable; they tend to be broken or damaged, the number may be erratic, there may even be double sets.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson