A Cornell-led study is challenging a decades-old explanation for how chromosomes exchange genetic material within the ...

Neil Hunter, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, has discovered a crucial step in how chromosomes stay connected during the development for egg cells and sperm, ...

During meiosis, the cell division process central to sexual reproduction, all chromosomes must figure out where to destroy the protein cohesin—the molecular glue holding chromosomes together—and where ...

Professor of Plant Genetics James Higgins, lead investigator and corresponding author of the paper from the University's Department of Genetics, Genomics and Cancer Sciences, explained, "Crossovers ...