Human biological sex is determined by the sex chromosomes X and Y. In most cases, females possess two X chromosomes, while ...

Scientists published a full genetic sequence of the genes that make some white campions male, and hope their work could unlock how the flower got that way. By Veronique Greenwood The vast majority of ...

Micronuclei and Y Chromosome Loss: The formation of micronuclei, small cellular structures containing chromosomes or fragments, plays a critical role in the disintegration of the Y chromosome, linking ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - University of Arizona scientists have discovered that the loss of the Y chromosome in men's cells may make it more difficult to survive cancer. The study indicates that losing ...

That changed in 2014, when Swedish scientists showed that Y loss in blood cells correlates with how long men live – those who ...

Women tend to live longer than men and are often more resilient to cognitive decline as they age. Now researchers might have uncovered a source for this resilience: the second X chromosome in female ...

Cutting-edge gene editing technology could eradicate Down syndrome, according to Japanese scientists. Down syndrome, which causes a range of developmental differences and affects 1 in 700 newborns in ...

WHEN THE first draft of the DNA sequence that makes up the human genome was unveiled in 2000, America’s president at the time, Bill Clinton, announced that humankind was “learning the language with ...

New research by UCLA Health has identified a sex-chromosome linked gene that drives inflammation in the female brain, ...