In contrast, in eukaryotes, all of the cell's chromosomes are stored inside a structure called the nucleus. Each eukaryotic chromosome is composed of DNA coiled and condensed around nuclear ...

Each human cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes that carry DNA within their nucleus. The X and Y chromosomes, commonly referred to as the sex chromosomes, are one such pair. They determine the ...

Chromosomes occupy specific regions of a nucleus, called "chromosome territories." These subdomains might be doing much more than just keeping everything organized.

Each human body cell contains 46 chromosomes. These can be arranged into 23 pairs. Each chromosome in a pair carries the same types of genes. The 23rd pair are the sex chromosomes: In females ...

This half of the screen illustrates mitosis—the division of a cell's nucleus. Along with cytokinesis ... of a human being is contained within 46 chromosomes, only half of this number exists ...

which identify chromatin interactions in the cell nucleus during interphase, a stage in the cell cycle when a cell is not ...

The nucleus acts as the cell's control center ... The human genome is comprised of two sets of 23 chromosomes -- 46 chromosomes in all. Each parent contributes a set. About 97 percent of the ...

Each cell with a nucleus contains chromosomes, which are made from DNA Human body cells each contain 23 pairs of chromosomes, half of which are from each parent. So, human gametes (eggs and sperm ...

The biological factory that produces reproductive cells has a robust quality control system to identify and eliminate eggs ...

The researchers then modified the skin cell’s nucleus to reduce its chromosomes by half, so that it could then be fertilized by a sperm cell to create a viable embryo. Biologist Dr. Shoukhrat ...

Chromosomes are depicted in grey. Sites of DNA damage are seen in yellow/red foci. Numerous sites of DNA damage are present on each heat-shocked spermatocyte nucleus. Image taken with a ...

Scientists have discovered a new property of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes. While six years ago they found that these so-called SMC motor proteins make long loops in our DNA, they ...