For example, if genes A, B, and C are located linearly on the same chromosome, then the distance between A and B plus the distance between B and C should equal the distance between A and C.

Collecting a stack of laboratory data, Sturtevant went home and spent most of the night drawing the first chromosomal linkage map for the genes located on the X chromosome of fruit flies (Weiner ...

Females have one active X chromosome and one dormant X chromosome in each cell. But a study suggests that genes on the ...

The research reveals that this sex-based difference can be traced to a gene on the Y chromosome. The discovery, published on March 12 in Science Advances, not only showcases the critical need to ...

For one, inserting at the end of the chromosome helps the transposon avoid genes for the cell's core ... the DNA element and move it to a new location. In Streptomyces, researchers observed ...

In a new study, scientists probed the ways in which the X chromosome may change with age and affect cognition. . | Credit: bodym via Getty Images Dormant genes on the X chromosome may reawaken in ...