Cells perfectly divide genetic material using a complex machine. New research reveals a chemical tag on a key protein in this ...

Animals, from worms and sponges to jellyfish and whales, contain anywhere from a few thousand to tens of trillions of nearly genetically identical cells. Depending on the organism, these cells arrange ...

Scientists have discovered that the Y chromosome, crucial for male development, is gradually disappearing. This loss, ...

Two X chromosomes mean girl, and an X paired with a Y means boy. For the last 300 million years, this system has worked very ...

Researchers have found that chunks of "flipped" DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, ...

A new target for potential treatments for blast phase myeloproliferative neoplasm (BP-MPN), one of the most aggressive forms ...

For decades, scientists have known that platypuses and echidnas – Australia’s unique egg-laying mammals – have another ...

By Professor Isak Pretorius, Professor Ian Paulsen, Dr. Hugh Goold, Dr. Heinrich Kroukamp.

A new paper published in Nature on June 4 shines light on how an enigmatic part of male aging—the loss of Y chromosomes—is ...

Researchers from the University of Arizona have unveiled that coordinated Y chromosome loss in both cancer cells and immune ...

A University of Arizona study has found that men who lose the Y chromosome in their blood cells may respond less effectively ...

When cancer cells in male patients and immune cells in their tumors both lose the Y chromosome, those patients tend to ...