Figure 1 shows their most likely positions. This study has allowed better localisation of the chromosome 11 atopy gene, based on maternally derived alleles in affected children. The most likely ...

Females have one active X chromosome and one dormant X chromosome in each cell. But a study suggests that genes on the ...

Transposons, or "jumping genes"—DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another—are key to bacterial evolution and the development of antibiotic resistance. Cornell ...

In a new study, scientists probed the ways in which the X chromosome may change with age and affect cognition. . | Credit: bodym via Getty Images Dormant genes on the X chromosome may reawaken in ...