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

A study initiated by a University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center physician-scientist defined for the first time how ...

Women age differently from men when it comes to health—particularly in conditions like cardiovascular disease and ...

I married a tall woman out of love, partly from genetic ambition. I figured we’d gift our kids a vertical advantage. It turns ...

To Shakespeare’s Hamlet we humans are “the paragon of animals”. But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans ...

With aging, the tightly packed structure of the silent X chromosome is gradually loosened, allowing for genes to be read ...

Octopuses just stunned scientists again this time with their ancient and highly unique sex chromosomes. Unlike most animals, octopuses seem to possess a genetic system that predates our current ...

A study on beetleweed shows that autopolyploid plants with different chromosome sets can coexist, reshaping how scientists ...

Prospective parents using in vitro fertilization (IVF) will soon be able to select embryos based on their potential risk for ...

Height is one of the most evident sex-based differences observed in humans, as men are on an average 13 cm (5 inches) taller than women. Sex hormones certainly play a significant role in driving this ...

Centromeres, specialized regions located at the center of chromosomes, are critical for ensuring proper cell division. During mitosis, centromeres ...