The Scientist Speaks - Filling in the Gaps: Sequencing the Entire Human Genome

Karen Miga discusses how she and collaborators sequenced the missing parts of the human genome almost two decades after the first Human Genome Project published its results.

The Scientist Speaks - Filling in the Gaps: Sequencing the Entire Human Genome

Karen Miga discusses how she and collaborators sequenced the missing parts of the human genome almost two decades after the first Human Genome Project published its results.

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Male Flies’ Y Chromosome May Contribute to Earlier Deaths

Jef Akst | Jul 13, 2020 | 2 min read

As male Drosophila grow old, selfish genetic elements that are abundant on the Y chromosome become more active, which appears to reduce longevity.

Image of the Day: It’s Alive

The Scientist Staff | Sep 13, 2017 | 1 min read

New microscopy techniques reveal that heterochromatin—the condensed, seemingly dormant portions of DNA—is not as dense as scientists once thought.

Meiosis Maven

Anna Azvolinsky | Feb 1, 2014 | 8 min read

Fueled by her love of visual data and addicted to chromosomes, Abby Dernburg continues to study how homologous chromosomes find each other during gamete formation.