THE induction of chromosomal aberrations by exogenous agents, such as viruses, radiation and chemicals, is an area of active cytogenetic investigation. 1 Recently, the psychotomimetic hallucinogen, ...

Human egg cells are often prone to chromosomal errors. As women age, the error rate increases sharply—and can contribute to infertility, pregnancy loss, and genetic disorders. Yet why this sudden rise ...

Abstract: Accurate detection of the human metaphase chromosome centromere is an important step in many chromosome analysis and medical diagnosis algorithms. The centromere location can be utilized to ...

The cohesin subunit Scc1 returns and reconstitutes the complex with Smc1–Smc3 in late mitosis upon DNA double-strand breaks, although it does not participate in homologous recombination-driven MAT ...