Researchers have just completed the first full sequence of a Y chromosome- what will we learn? The Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium, co-led by UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute Associate Director ...

Chromosomes are masters of organization. These long strings of DNA fold down into an ensemble of compact structures that keep needed parts of the genome accessible while tucking away those that aren't ...

A long-standing mystery in plant evolution has now been brought into sharper focus. Using chromosome-specific painting, researchers traced how chromosome number changed within the genus Medicago, ...

Autosomal inheritance is when a parent passes down a condition to a child via autosomes, a type of chromosome. In autosomal inheritance, a copy of a faulty gene from one parent can cause a condition ...