"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The 23 rd chromosome base pair contains what are known as our sex chromosomes. For most females, this ...

One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published in Nature.

THE existence of sub-diploid chromosome numbers in the somatic tissues of mammals has for long been a matter of controversy. This had centred around several earlier reports of the normal occurrence of ...

The human genome is organised in 46 chromosomes, where all but the x and y chromosomes in men are present in two copies. This means that a person with a faulty gene on one chromosome most often has a ...

Developing elite fruit cultivars typically requires long breeding cycles, especially in perennial woody species. This study uncovers how sexual reproduction of a fertile triploid loquat generates a ...

Genetics play a role in low testosterone for some men, but underlying causes vary widely. Many genes influence testosterone ...

Recently, a unique kitten came through the doors of Marin Humane. In fact, little Luigi is 1 in 3,000. Those are the chances of a tortoiseshell feline being a male. This unusual coloring, known for ...

Prenatal genetic tests can detect sex chromosome aberrations, but what happens after—for families and children—is anything but clear. When Ollie’s mother, Katie, was nine weeks pregnant, her ...

Blood cancer is an umbrella term for a variety of diseases that affect the blood, bone marrow and lymphatic system. Like most ...

No matter where you travel around the world, men in any given human population tend to be taller than women. Now researchers have uncovered a key genetic mechanism behind this anatomical contrast.