How Chromosomes Meet In The Dark - Switch That Turns On X Chromosome Matchmaking

A research group lead by scientists at the University of Warwick has discovered the trigger that pulls together X chromosomes in female cells at a crucial stage of embryo development. Their discovery could also provide new insights into how other similar chromosomes spontaneously recognize each other and are bound together at key parts of analogous cell processes.

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Filed under: Genetics on January 4th, 2009