Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a ...

Females have one active X chromosome and one dormant X chromosome in each cell. But a study suggests that genes on the ...

Women have a higher proportion of key immune cells between puberty and menopause, which may be linked to the sex hormone ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell’s ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves.

The answer could lie in exceptional DNA. Scientists at UC San Francisco have found that parts of our chromosomes have evolved at breakneck speeds to give us an edge in brain development compared ...

Diseases and conditions found only on the X chromosome are said to be sex-linked, as are rare Y-linked conditions such as male infertility. The X chromosome is larger and commands more regulatory ...

A 2022 study published in the journal PNAS found that the important Y chromosome genes could be capable of relocating to other genes, as observed in mice. There is also the possibility that humans ...

Instead of the linear chromosomes found in mammals, the team crafted a circular chromosome, which is compatible with DNA replication in yeast. They then assembled the HAC inside budding yeast. By ...

In particular, she found an unbalanced pair of chromosomes in male cells, and she named these structures "heterochromosomes." Similarly, American geneticist E. B. Wilson worked with several ...

Chromosomes that lack centromeres segregate ... Although significant differences have been found in the molecular composition of centromeres in different species, the function of all eukaryotic ...