Browsing: Genome

For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in…

Robertsonian chromosomes (ROB) are a type of structurally variant chromosome that is created when two chromosomes fuse together to form…

In a new study published in Nature Communications titled, “The reference genome of the human diploid cell line RPE-1,” researchers…

Scientist fully mapped centromeres in a diploid human cell line for the first time. Their work will help reveal maternal…

Scientists recently sequenced the genome of the Atlas blue butterfly for the first time. They discovered 227 pairs of small…