Recent studies connect Y chromosome loss with several serious health conditions. These include heart disease, brain disorders ...

Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells. Each chromosome is made of protein and a single molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Passed from ...

In brain tissue from people who died with aFTLD-U – a rare subtype of dementia marked by early behavior change – chromosome ...

Aging men often lose the Y chromosome in a growing number of their cells—and it may be far more dangerous than once believed.

Some diseases impact men, or women, at different rates or severities, with different symptoms or varied ages of onset; there are many examples, from different types of cancer, to immunological ...

Genes are segments of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) that are located inside every human cell. The DNA inside each cell is tightly coiled in structures called chromosomes. Each chromosome contains a ...

Human cells somehow squeeze two meters of double-stranded DNA into the space of a typical chromosome, a package 10,000 times smaller than the volume of genetic material it contains. "It is like ...

In the largest genetic study of autism to date, 137 researchers in North America and Europe are reporting that they have identified several chromosomal regions linked to the disorder. The work, they ...

Microtubules, the dynamic filaments that form the cell's internal scaffolding, have long been viewed as mere passive structural supports. But a new study reveals they play a far more active signaling ...

India, March 17 -- Selfish chromosomes bias genetic inheritance by manipulating the overdrive (Ovd) gene, a natural sperm quality control checkpoint.