Tag: Chromosomes

  • Nation & World

    Why are hybrid animals sterile?

    Study of crossbred butterflies suggests multiple genes involved

    3 minutes
    Chinese peacock swallow butterflies.
  • Nation & World

    Kleckner receives Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal

    Nancy Kleckner, the Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Biology, has been awarded the Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal by the Genetics Society of America in recognition of her many significant contributions to our understanding of chromosomes and the mechanisms of inheritance.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A look inside

    Scientists have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the human genome, paving the way for new insights into genomic function and expanding our understanding of how cellular DNA folds at scales that dwarf the double helix.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Telomerase work wins Szostak Nobel Prize in medicine

    Jack W. Szostak, a genetics professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), has won the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for work on cellular structures called telomeres, which protect chromosomes from degradation.

    6 minutes