"Our phone conversation sounded like a price negotiation in the final hour of a flea market as I bargained for my old ...

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 ...

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

What stands out the most about this ancient cephalopod sex chromosome is how little the chromosome has changed over time.

The research suggest octopus and other cephalopods, like squid and cuttlefish, all rely on the ancient chromosome to ...

The X chromosome passed from mom to offspring may ... pinpoint differences in epigenetics — chemical tags that attach to DNA and control which genes can be switched on. Young "Mom-X" mice ...

A UCSF study reveals that maternal X chromosome expression may accelerate brain aging and cognitive decline. Female mice with ...

The X contains more genes related to brain function than does any other chromosome. “The X chromosome may be a treasure trove ...

DNA is organized in segments on chromosomes ... The final pair of chromosomes are the sex chromosomes, X and Y. You typically get one sex chromosome from a parent egg cell (always an X) and ...

Males, with their single X chromosome, arise due to errors during X chromosome ... the researchers used nuclear membrane and DNA damage protein stains to track nuclear behavior. Since these events ...

A study conducted by a research team at the Crick Institute identified important genes on the Y chromosome that regulate ...