Researchers are now exploring how different types of repetitive DNA create genome instability and structurally variant chromosomes.

In about one out of every 800 people, two chromosomes fuse together to form an unusual bond. These are known as Robertsonian chromosomes. It's a mystery that has long stumped scientists.

Open a high school biology textbook, and you'll see human chromosomes lined up two by two, like socks in a drawer ...

When a man finds out he has cancer, sex doesn’t tend to be the first thing on his mind. Survival is. But that’s not to say that the impact of a cancer diagnosis on sex, and more particularly on his ...