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

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

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

But some plants have taken a different approach. They have evolved sex chromosomes, the bits of DNA that make individual plants either male or female. In that club are organisms like the ginkgo ...

New research at the UO reveals that they have been using one that has existed for 480 million years. The octopus has just ...

The X chromosome carries at least 150 genes linked to intelligence. Since the mother has two X chromosomes to pass along while the father only has one, the mother’s contribution to the child’s ...

Discover how researchers identified an octopus' ancient sex chromosomes and why their genetic history is such a mystery.

Researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has likely been around for 480 million years, since before octopuses split apart from the nautilus on ...

Cephalopods may have the oldest sex chromosomes of any animal, according to a new discovery in the octopus genome.

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