Landmark study sheds new light on human chromosomal birth defects

Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 08:49 in Biology & Nature

Using yeast genetics and a novel scheme to selectively remove a single protein from the cell division process called meiosis, a cell biologist at The Florida State University found that when a key molecular player known as Pds5 goes missing, chromosomes fail to segregate and pair up properly, and birth defects such as Down syndrome can result...

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