When couples have trouble conceiving a baby or lose a pregnancy, they often undergo routine tests, which can turn up a shock: ...

Researchers are now exploring how different types of repetitive DNA create genome instability and structurally variant chromosomes.

In about one out of every 800 people, two chromosomes fuse together to form an unusual bond. These are known as Robertsonian chromosomes. It's a mystery that has long stumped scientists.

Before, it used to take ages to gain understanding of a person’s genetic makeup, but thanks to breakthroughs in high-performance computing, what once required days of waiting for results can now be ...

Kansas City scientists have made a "landmark" discovery that offers new insights into some cases of infertility, miscarriage ...

Natural systems such as CRISPR-associated transposons (CASTs) offer a targetable, one-step way to edit genomes. However, ...

Open a high school biology textbook, and you'll see human chromosomes lined up two by two, like socks in a drawer ...

Robertsonians — commonly abbreviated as ROBs — are the stuff of genetics textbooks. First discovered in grasshoppers in 1916 by W.R.B. Robertson, a zoologist and geneticist, they have been observed in ...

Between 2020 and 2024, CBP took DNA from approximately 2,000 U.S. citizens, including at least 95 minors, and sent those ...

The first explorers in the 17th and 18th centuries, like Abel Tasman and James Cook, charted some of the Fijian islands but ...

Insects are essential for ecosystems, but mounting evidence suggests many populations are collapsing under modern pressures.