Women age differently from men when it comes to health—particularly in conditions like cardiovascular disease and ...

Centromeres, specialized regions located at the center of chromosomes, are critical for ensuring proper cell division. During ...

I married a tall woman out of love, partly from genetic ambition. I figured we’d gift our kids a vertical advantage. It turns ...

Height is one of the most evident sex-based differences observed in humans, as men are on an average 13 cm (5 inches) taller ...

With aging, the tightly packed structure of the silent X chromosome is gradually loosened, allowing for genes to be read ...

About 3.7 billion years ago, a string of naturally occurring amino—the same kind that astronomers have found in meteorites and just recently in a stellar nursery near the center of the Milky ...

A new study provides new insight into height differences between adult men and women, demonstrating that Y chromosome genes contribute more to height than their X chromosome counterparts.

Centromeres, specialized regions located at the center of chromosomes, are critical for ensuring proper cell division. During mitosis, centromeres ...

Genetic testing is essential for different reasons, specifically to check the number of chromosomes – that is, the 23 pairs of strands in the cells. When there is an abnormal number, it is ...

The existence of orange cats dates back to at least the 12th century, but scientists have only had theories that a sex-linked ...

A new study suggests that vitamin D supplements may help preserve the length of telomeres, which "could mean a 3-year ...

In a 2014 Nature paper, Ralston described this awkward process — trogocytosis, or “cell nibbling.” It was a revelation at the ...