One of the secrets to Pando’s success lies in its triploidy, a genetic anomaly that gives it three copies of each chromosome. This trait could be the key to its incredible endurance. Scientists ...

BGI Genomics' Indonesian joint venture NGI signed a partnership agreement for research collaboration with  Indonesian ...

Polyploidy refers to the presence of an extra set of chromosomes. Triploidy, for example, usually occurs when 2 spermatozoa fertilize an oocyte, resulting in a zygote that contains 3 sets of ...

Every week, the staff at CrossPoint Church gathers to pray for the prayer requests shared with us during our Sunday gatherings. As we work our way through the requests, we are given this window into ...

Two recently discovered bird fossils from the Late Jurassic Zhenghe Fauna demonstrate that highly derived bird-like features and the origin of birds appeared much earlier in the Jurassic period ...

Cytogenetics is the study of chromosomal structure, location and function in cells. It includes the study of chromosome number and appearance (karyotyping), the physical location of genes on ...

Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the clinical use of noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for common fetal aneuploidies as a prenatal screening tool for the detection of rare chromosomal ...