Chromosomes occupy specific regions of a nucleus, called "chromosome territories." These subdomains might be doing much more than just keeping everything organized.

A physically consistent and realistic structural model for DNA organization in chromosomes must be compatible with all the ...

thereby contributing to the higher-order structure of the chromosome. Figure 3 shows one model of how CENP-A and CENP-B might interact with alpha satellite DNA. In this model, CENP-B dimers bind ...

The nucleus of every human cell contains chromosomes—23 pairs ... we are the first laboratory to have developed and analyzed a model system to study the adaptation of human cancer cells to ...

The Y chromosome has lost nearly 900 active genes over 166 million years, leaving just 55. Scientists estimate that the remaining genes could disappear in about 11 million years. Platypus Model ...