A new study reveals that the maternal X chromosome may accelerate brain ageing and increase Alzheimer's risk. Experiments on ...

Translocations are indeed common in cancer cells, and some translocations produce oncogenes that are responsible for malignant transformation. Translocations involving human chromosomes are of ...

How is the same process responsible for genetic recombination ... of meiosis was based upon careful observations of chromosome behavior using light microscopes. Then, in the 1950s, electron ...

Researchers have uncovered which genes on the Y chromosome regulate the development of sperm and impact fertility in male mice. This research could help us understand why some men don't produce enough ...

These genetic traces come from almost every part of the Neanderthal genome—except the Y sex chromosome, which is responsible for making males. So what happened to the Neanderthal Y chromosome?

Researchers at the Crick have uncovered which genes on the Y chromosome regulate the development of sperm and impact ...

The epigenetic state of chromatin, gene activity, and chromosomal positions are interrelated. A research team from the IPK ...

Researchers say study represents a resource that could also help to dissect Y-gene functions in other tissues.