chromosome

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

In allopolyploid plants, chromosome sets originate from different ancestral genomes.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

Using live cell imaging and chromosome specific labeling techniques, the scientists tracked how cells behaved after undergoing whole genome duplication through the two different mechanisms.

From Science Daily ● May 25, 2026

The team also found that when they experimentally improved chromosome separation in cells undergoing mitotic slippage, the cells became significantly more viable.

From Science Daily ● May 25, 2026

When we hung up I went to call Christoph Lengauer, the cancer researcher who’d given Deborah the painted chromosome picture, but before I could dig out his number, my phone rang again.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

This is why the sex chromosomes, and the X chromosome in particular, can eliminate DNA from the other group more quickly.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

Many characteristics go into determining someone’s sex: chromosomes, reproductive organs, hormonal balances, secondary sex characteristics like breast tissue and body-hair distribution.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

The condition “may involve chromosomes, hormones, reproductive organs or genitals.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

In such a scheme, Neanderthal DNA can be transmitted widely through the ordinary chromosomes, while the Neanderthal X chromosome circulates less easily, since a father passes it on only to his daughters.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

They couldn’t remember things the way everyone else could, or see the models that were in the air, you know, of chromosomes or stamens.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson