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

While the Y chromosome's role was believed to be limited to the functions of the sexual organs, a scientist has shown that it impacts the functions of other organs as well. New light is being shed on ...

A research paper highlights how spiny rats have developed a new male-determining gene. A recent study suggests a surprising future for human reproduction: the Y chromosome, which is crucial for ...

Spatial interactions between RNA, architectural factors and chromatin have essential roles during X-chromosome inactivation. CTCF is a versatile factor that regulates chromosome counting, allelic ...

The Y chromosome may be a symbol of masculinity, but it is becoming increasingly clear that it is anything but strong and enduring. Although it carries the “master switch” gene, SRY, that determines ...

In the early 1980s I met and began an unofficial training with Anna Freud—Sigmund Freud's youngest daughter, and his only child to follow him into psychoanalysis. I was a young social scientist who ...

The sex we're assigned at birth depends largely on a genetic flip of the coin: X or Y? Two X chromosomes and you (almost always) develop ovaries. An X and a Y chromosome? Testes. These packages of ...

Doctors in Brazil discover and confirm that a woman has blood with male chromosomes, a rare case of human chimerism.

The centromere is necessary for the transport of chromosomes during cell division and, therefore, for the correct ...

Chromosome 3 is the third largest of the 23 pairs of chromosomes found in humans. It spans nearly 200 million base pairs, the building blocks of DNA, making up around 6.5% to 7% of the genetic ...

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 gene ...