Flip open a high-school biology textbook, and the rule seems tidy: two X chromosomes mean girl, and an X paired with a Y means boy. That much smaller Y chromosome carries the SRY gene, which is the ...

Balancer chromosomes are genetic reagents that are used in Drosophila melanogaster for stock maintenance and mutagenesis screens1. Despite their utility, balancer chromosomes are rarely used in ...

The rare, inherited condition causes clinical symptoms which typically appear in the first few years of life, and are similar to other known chromosome ‘breakage’ disorders. Crucially the condition ...