When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

Polysome formation within the nucleoid and repulsion between these major cytoplasmic components provide a self-organizing mechanism for chromosome segregation and modulation of its timing across ...

Flip open a high-school biology textbook, and the rule seems tidy: two X chromosomes mean girl, and an X paired with a Y means boy. That much smaller Y chromosome carries the SRY gene, which is the ...