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 ...

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.

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

The image is a time projection of mitochondria (in the cytoplasm, grey) and chromosomes (center of the cell, orange) during anaphase showing a flow pattern with vortexes. The flow pattern is aligned ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating ...

It took more than 50 years for Marthe Gautier to set the record straight about her discovery of the genetic cause of Down ...

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

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

In females with two X chromosomes – one inherited from each parent – one of the two X chromosomes is randomly silenced in every cell through a process called X-inactivation. When this process occurs, ...

A new case report was published in Volume 16 of Oncotarget on February 5, 2025, titled “A case report of donor cell–derived ...

Researchers have uncovered which genes on the Y chromosome regulate the development of sperm and impact fertility in male mice. This research could help us understand why some men don't produce enough ...