Posts about Japanese scientists removing the extra chromosome behind Down syndrome are spreading again.

The near-neutral model of B chromosome evolution predicts that population invasion is quite fast. To test this prediction, in 1994, we introduced males of the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans from a ...

As far as our genetic library goes, the Y chromosome seems like a mere pamphlet. Just ask any cell with a pair of X ...

In the first detailed chromosome map of the aardwolf, Texas A&M University researchers have discovered that, despite millions of years of separate evolution, the chromosomes of aardwolves, other ...

A study initiated by Dr. Dan Theodorescu, a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona Cancer Center, revealed that the ...

When the weather turns cold, plants do more than slow their growth. Deep inside their reproductive cells, the very machinery ...

A study initiated by a University of Arizona Cancer Center physician-scientist Dr. Dan Theodorescu revealed that the loss of ...

Inside each human cell, about 2 meters (6.6 feet) of genomic DNA must be accurately copied and equally transmitted to two ...

Scientists have found a genetic change in normal-looking tissue that may offer an early clue about how some cancers develop.

A study initiated by a University of Arizona Cancer Center physician-scientist Dr. Dan Theodorescu revealed that the loss of ...

A study led by Dr Dan Theodorescu at the University of Arizona Cancer Center has found that loss of the Y chromosome in men’s body tissue may help cancer ...

The human Y chromosome, responsible for determining male sex, finally has gotten an end-to-end examination. The Y chromosome is the smallest of the human chromosomes. “In the old time, people thought ...