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 ...

"This significant gene loss over the centuries has led scientists to predict that the Y chromosome might vanish entirely in about 11 million years," said Earth.com. From our morning news briefing ...

The nucleus of each human body cell contains 46 chromosomes. Each chromosome contains about 1000 genes. There is enough DNA in all the cells in a human body to stretch to the sun and back again ...

The research reveals that this sex-based difference can be traced to a gene on the Y chromosome. The discovery, published in Science Advances, not only showcases the critical need to understand ...

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 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 ...

Genes are the blueprints of life. Genes control everything from hair color to blood sugar by telling cells which proteins to make, how much, when, and where. Genes exist in most cells. Inside a ...

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 ...

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease -- aortic valve stenosis -- progresses differently in males and females.

For one, inserting at the end of the chromosome helps the transposon avoid genes for the cell's core functioning, which reside in the middle of the chromosomes; transposons that can target the ...