The inactivation of one copy of the X chromosome in female mammals may start to fail as they get older, which may be why ...

Scientists have discovered a genetic mechanism that can determine the sex of the squinting bush brown butterfly or Bicyclus ...

A Chinese woman's routine medical exam revealed a hidden testicle, prompting doctors to diagnose her with a rare genetic ...

A new study sheds light on the genetic basis of sex determination in a butterfly – and reveals potential threats to ...

The study focused on four genomes of filamentous Zygnematophyceae, which are the algal sisters of land plants.

The development of patrilineal social systems during the Neolithic period, where children inherit their father's lineage, ...

Scientists of the Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with University of Liverpool have found the ...

A study in mice suggests how chromosome inactivation may protect girls from a type of autism disorder inherited from their ...

AT is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, so to manifest the condition you must inherit an abnormal gene for the ATM ...

The genus Musa, encompassing approximately 70 herbaceous species, is predominantly found in the tropical and subtropical ...

The purpose of this paper is to describe still another type of sex-chromosome mosaic hitherto unreported, to discuss the possible mode of origin of such mosaics and to consider some of their ...

Traditionally, chromosome polymorphisms have been considered normal variants without clinical significance. However, the ...