Kanazawa University and colleagues have achieved a breakthrough in understanding sperm DNA packaging. Using high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM), they captured the real-time process of ...

Longtime DC Comics fans know how complex their continuity is. And that’s putting it mildly. While their rival Marvel Comics has had a pretty linear continuity since its inception, DC has ...

In a surprise, work in mice has found that the dormant X chromosome in females can reawaken late in life and turn on genes that keep the brain healthy. UCSF researchers may have discovered how the ...

Researchers show that transposons can target and insert themselves at the ends of linear chromosomes, called telomeres, within their bacterial host. In Streptomyces -- historically one of the most ...

Now researchers might have uncovered a source for this resilience: the second X chromosome in female cells that was previously considered ‘silent’. Why the sexes don’t feel pain the same way ...

Females carry two X chromosomes. One of them is ensconced in a corner in the cell called the Barr body, where it can't express many genes, and scientists thought it didn't do much of anything.

Females carry two X chromosomes. One of them is ensconced in a corner in the cell called the Barr body, where it can’t express many genes, and scientists thought it didn’t do much of anything. But the ...

To address this, we tested chromosome 4 and 9 loci for gender-specific effects in NFBC1966 (impractical in TwinsUK as males n=22). In this stratified analysis, there was no association between MC and ...

Many of us will be noticing condensation on our windows as we try and cut down on the amount of time we have our heating on for this year. Condensation can damage your windows and furniture, and it ...

Cells derived from patients affected by microcephaly caused by mutations in the MCPH1 gene undergo premature chromosome condensation. We show that deletion of Mcph1 in mouse embryonic stem cells ...