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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Women are born with two X chromosomes and inherit one from each parent. But in every cell of their body, just one X chromosome is needed—so the other is randomly inactivated. Some cells use only a ...

Research from Umeå University paves the way for a quantitative data analysis method to study the cell division process in ...

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 X contains more genes related to brain function than does any other chromosome. “The X chromosome may be a treasure trove ...

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 ...