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

Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university ...

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

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

The humble Y chromosome may seem simple, but it’s responsible for determining the male sex. And the bad news… It’s degenerating in humans and may disappear in a few million years, which could lead to ...

Cytologists had been studying chromosome behavior since the late 19th century. Why did it take until 1956 to figure out the correct human chromosome number, thanks to Joe Hin Tjio and Albert Levan?

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

Because centromeres vary in length, an individual chromosome can contain anywhere from hundreds to thousands of potential CENP-B boxes. Experiments show that CENP-B works as a dimer, so it may be ...

One example is Down syndrome, in which the person has an extra copy of the genes found in chromosome 21. Not all mutations ...

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

Katsuhiko Hayashi, a genome scientist at Osaka University, turned that tenet on its head last year when he reprogrammed a ...