The image obtained in the microscope (Figure 2a) was processed by a computer to generate a false-color image (Figure 2b) that depicts each chromosome in a distinctive color. The chromosomes were ...

In cats, the fur pigmentation gene is X-linked, and depending on which copy of the X chromosome each cell chooses to leave active, either an orange or black coat color results. X inactivation only ...

From fighting diseases to determining why you can't stand cilantro, genetics are the silent architects of your life. Here's everything you need to know ...

The X chromosome is larger and commands more regulatory functions throughout the brain and body. While diseases such as color-blindness and hemophilia have long been understood to be X-linked ...

As The New York Times reports, most of what scientists knew of skin-color genetics came from studies of European populations, which found that mutations in the gene SLC24A5 caused cells to make less ...