Cell division is one of the most fundamental and complex processes underpinning life. In human cells, thousands of molecules ...

Esotropia and exotropia could have shared genetic risk factors based on findings that genetif duplications on chromosomes were risk factors for the diseases. Genetic duplications in the second, fourth ...

Genome duplication probably gave biodiversity a decisive evolutionary boost. A Chinese-German research team led by Axel Meyer ...

In a recent study published in the Genes journal, researchers assessed the impact of PARK2 duplication or microdeletion on neurological diseases such as Parkinson's. The Parkinson's disease 2 (PARK2) ...

For a living cell to divide successfully, each daughter cell must inherit the correct genetic material. In eukaryotes, segregation of duplicated chromosomes is performed by the mitotic spindle, a ...

A diagram showing the evolution of vertebrate chromosomes from an invertebrate ancestor through two whole-genome duplication events (shown as starbursts). For simplicity, only one ancestral pair of ...

Scott W. Stuart, MD, MS; Casey H. King, BA; G. Shashidar Pai, MD Such observations emphasize the importance of clarifying the origin of a genetic variation by studying the parents for comparison. The ...