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WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Scientists have taken an important step forward in understanding the human genome - our genetic blueprint - by fully deciphering the enigmatic Y chromosome present ...

We don't know exactly why men are taller than women on average, but we have some genetic clues. On average, human males tend ...

A neglected piece of the Alzheimer's puzzle has been getting increased scientific attention: why women are twice as likely as ...

So 23 of your 46 chromosomes come from a parent egg cell, and the other 23 come from a parent sperm cell. Scientists number the first 22 of these pairs 1 through 22.

Chromosome 5 is the fifth largest chromosome of the 23 chromosomal pairs in humans and represents nearly 6% of the total DNA. Despite being one of the largest chromosomes, chromosome 5 has a low ...

‌Although genetics are hereditary, a phenomenon in genetic alterations occurs when male babies receive an extra Y chromosome in each of their cells, resulting in an XYY combination. The syndrome ...

Scientists fully sequence the Y chromosome for the first time, uncovering information that could have implications for the study of male infertility and other issues.

The new telomere-to-telomere, or tip-to-tip, construction adds more than 30 million DNA bases to a previously assembled reference Y chromosome, the team reports online August 23 in Nature.

Chromosomal complications. Most people have 23 pairs of chromosomes, including a pair of sex chromosomes that can be either an X chromosome or a Y chromosome.

When an egg and sperm join and form an embryo, their chromosomes combine. Each baby gets 23 chromosomes from the mother's egg and 23 chromosomes from the father's sperm – 46 in total.

There are 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body which include 22 pairs of autosomal chromosomes that are common to both men and women and one pair of sex chromosomes that determine an ...