Scientists published a full genetic sequence of the genes that make some white campions male, and hope their work could ...

Scientists at the University of Oregon uncovered a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus, dating back 480 million ...

New research at the UO reveals that they have been using one that has existed for 480 million years. The octopus has just ...

Such disruptions have been associated with cancer, syndromes involving chromosomal instabilities ... patients with colorectal cancer had less DNA methylation than normal tissue from the same ...

Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, including a pair of sex chromosomes (typically XX for females, and XY for males). Chromosomes contain hundreds to thousands of genes, which are sections of DNA ...

Each human cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes that carry DNA within their nucleus. The X and Y chromosomes, commonly referred to as the sex chromosomes, are one such pair. They determine the ...

“If you're interfering with meiosis, the frequency with which these X chromosomes will not partition properly goes up significantly ... To zoom in on changes in chromosome organization during meiosis, ...

Results prove that inversions can be generated in plants without causing further unwanted changes in the expression of genetic information.