New research shows genome duplication in the ancestor of modern gymnosperms, a group of seed plants that includes cypresses and pines, might have directly contributed to the origin of the group over ...

Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT), which relies on cell-free fetal DNA in the mother's blood, is increasingly common. Yet two studies published online Apri 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine ...

Chromosomal DNA (blue) aligned at the center of a dividing cell. Failure of this process can lead to whole-genome duplication. Credit: Uehara Lab, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University ...

Researchers at USC have developed a yeast model to study a gene mutation that disrupts the duplication of DNA, causing massive damage to a cell's chromosomes, while somehow allowing the cell to ...

A new study shows that how a cell fails to divide after copying its DNA can determine its fate. Cell division is one of the most fundamental and complex processes underpinning life. In human cells, ...