Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup.

Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden made an unexpected discovery while investigating genetically unique women.

UCSF researchers found that brain cells age more quickly when they rely solely on the X chromosome inherited from a female's ...

Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup.

The octopus just revealed another one of its secrets: what determines its sex. University of Oregon researchers have ...

In a nutshell Female cells randomly use either the maternal or paternal X chromosome—this study shows that relying more ...

Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden made an unexpected discovery while investigating genetically unique women.

Each human cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes that carry DNA within their nucleus. The X and Y chromosomes, commonly referred to as the sex chromosomes, are one such pair.

People with shorter telomeres, the protective caps at the end of chromosomes, inside their white blood cells may be more ...

Similar ancient sex chromosomes have been found in some plants, like mosses and liverworts, and insects may have had sex chromosomes for 450 million years, though theirs have changed a lot over time.

Cephalopods may have the oldest sex chromosomes of any animal, according to a new discovery in the octopus genome. That's a big deal given that scientists didn't know until now if these oddball ...

Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) say they have now found that when the brain cells of female mice express only a maternal X chromosome, the animals’ memory and ...