Biologists find the long and short of it when it comes to chromosomes
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - 05:30
in Biology & Nature
A team of biologists has uncovered a mechanism that determines faithful inheritance of short chromosomes during the reproductive process. The discovery, reported in the journal Nature Communications, elucidates a key aspect of inheritance—deviation from which can lead to infertility, miscarriages, or birth defects such as Down syndrome.