How Stowers Scientists Found the DNA Site Where Robertsonian Chromosomes Fuse
Автор: Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Загружено: 2025-09-24
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In this landmark study, Dr. Jennifer Gerton and her team at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research became the first to fully sequence Robertsonian chromosomes—a relatively common type of chromosome fusion found in 1 in 800 people—and pinpoint the exact DNA fusion site that causes them.
In this video, Gerton explains:
Why these chromosome fusions matter for Down syndrome, human fertility, and miscarriage risk
How cells stabilize fused chromosomes despite having two centromeres
What this discovery reveals about genome evolution
Why a once-ignored stretch of repetitive DNA called SST1 is now at the center of chromosome biology
The study, published in Nature, offers a new perspective on the “dark matter” of the human genome—and how it shapes who we are.
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