Variations in the properties of arabica coffee, such as in taste, caffeine content and disease resistance, are determined by chromosome mutations, according to a recent study. But are these findings ...

The study, by Dr Greg Ngo and Professor Duncan Baird from Cardiff University’s School of Medicine, reveals the mechanism behind chromoanasynthesis, a catastrophic type of chromosome rearrangement that ...

Researchers say a new AI system can identify disease-causing mutations and explain their biological effects, potentially ...

A chromosome consists of a molecule of DNA and proteins. During these mutations, a long segment of DNA may be inserted into a chromosome, deleted from a chromosome, flipped around within a chromosome, ...

Scientists studying animals at high altitudes discovered a previously unknown mechanism that is key for regulating myelin ...