Research by an international team of scientists headed by researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine and Uppsala University, has found that loss of the Y chromosome in the ...

Super-resolution microscopy image of a mitotic chromosome (white) with the centromeres of each sister chromatid depicted in orange. Each centromere consists of two distinct chromatin subdomains ...

The male Y chromosome has disappeared from a species of rat, leading scientists to investigate how humans might also lose ours in the near future. It's not all bad news for men though, as a paper ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), affects people by different severities. However, the worst-hit are those with bilateral ...

The human Y chromosome, responsible for determining male sex, finally has gotten an end-to-end examination. The Y chromosome is the smallest of the human chromosomes. “In the old time, people thought ...

The Y chromosome in primates — including humans — is evolving much more rapidly than the X chromosome, new research on six primate species suggests. For instance, humans and chimpanzees share upwards ...

Increased risk for autism appears to be linked to the Y chromosome, a study has found, offering a new explanation for the greater prevalence of autism in males. Increased risk for autism appears to be ...

The black-and-white coat of Holstein-Friesian cows is globally recognised as a symbol of dairy farming and a defining trait ...

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have identified a potential new diagnostic marker that predicts the successful and efficient development of mammalian egg cells. The ...

The Xist gene, short for X-inactive specific transcript, is necessary for the silencing of one of the two X chromosomes in female mammals, but it is not sufficient alone. Other factors must come into ...