A vaccine's ability to generate long-lasting, high-affinity antibodies hinges on a delicate balance. Upon exposure to a ...

somatic mutations and germ-line mutations. Somatic mutations take place in non-reproductive cells. Many kinds of somatic mutations have no obvious effect on an organism, because genetically normal ...

“We discovered that when mouse germ cells aren't properly connected to each other by ... to those with a novel TEX14 mutation ...

A mutation that occurs in a gamete or in a cell that gives rise to gametes are special because they impact the next generation and may not affect the adult at all. Such changes are called germ ...

Genetic specialists, who have special training in genetic testing and genetics. Germ cell cancers and sex cord stromal tumors are linked to certain mutations and inherited syndromes. MSK recommends ...

A genetic mutation in mice affects cells required for sexual reproduction and holds clues about male infertility that could ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Cancer that develops in the ovaries (the egg-producing reproductive organs) is ...

Germinal centers are high-speed evolution machines. Tiny clusters in the lymph nodes, germinal centers refine antibodies ...

As corals age, they accumulate a number of somatic mutations—that is, mutations in their bodies rather than their germ cells—that they must live with. Baums is also interested in the genetic diversity ...

In a study published February 7 in Cell, a group of scientists tracked an engineered epigenetic mutation across four generations of ... of the methyl attachments on the genome of an embryo’s germ ...