New progress has been made on the road to understanding the origins of genetic changes in tumor cells. The prevalent theory has been that genetic changes in tumor cells come about in multiple stages ...

"Inter-chromosome connections may prove to be an integral and pervasive governing feature of chromosome organization in many types of human cells," says Stowers Investigator Jennifer Gerton, Ph.D., ...

Small supernumerary marker chromosomes are estimated to occur in 1.5 per 1,000 livebirths. One of the most common chromosome markers is the inv dup (15), which may represent as many as 50% of the ...

Sara Branco, Hélène Badouin, Ricardo C. Rodríguez de la Vega, Jérôme Gouzy, Fantin Carpentier, Gabriela Aguileta, Sophie Siguenza, Jean-Tristan Brandenburg, Marco A. Coelho, Michael E. Hood, Tatiana ...

This figure demonstrates the organization process of a chromosome. Chromosome Droplets are formed during this process and act as a basic packaging unit of the chromosome. Their structures are ...