point mutations and chromosomal aberrations. In point mutations, one base pair is changed. The human genome, for example, contains over 3.1 billion bases of DNA, and each base must be faithfully ...

Previous studies from EMBL have shed light on the structural mechanics of this process and their essential role in packing chromosomes into forms that can be easily moved between cells. In fact, ...

An example of a balanced structural change ... after a multitude of unbalanced chromosomal mutations have taken place. Rowley, J. D. A new consistent chromosomal abnormality in chronic myelogenous ...