Experts from the University of Nottingham have discovered how a common genetic mutation disrupts the positioning of a key protein during cell division, revealing a new mechanism behind acute myeloid ...

A landmark review published in Science reveals that sex chromosomes actively govern cellular aging, cardiac resilience, and ...

Draft genomes generated using more affordable second-generation sequencing technologies could be assembled for a larger ...

For decades, technical limitations and entrenched expectations shaped chromosome counts, illustrating how accepted scientific ideas can persist despite conflicting evidence.

Research suggests X and Y chromosomes may influence aging and disease risk, beyond determining biological sex.

An article by UAB professor Joan-Ramon Daban analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA packaging that have often been neglected in structural models of chromosomes. The study, ...

Repetitive DNA and the D1 protein help matching fruit fly chromosomes recognize one another before eggs form.

Human sex chromosomes originated from a pair of autosomes, the ordinary or non-sex chromosomes that contain the majority of our genome and come in identical pairs. That ancestral pair of autosomes ...

In cell division, one cell becomes two.”Your child might be able to answer up to this point.However, when it comes to ...

But this phenomenon is not just a mathematical consequence of meiosis; it is the result of a delicate balance between ...

How are these unique sex chromosomes formed? "The sex of a somatic cell as highly differentiated as a neurone may be detected ...

Your biological sex chromosomes may play a much larger role in how your body fights off deadly diseases and ages than ...