Scientists remain divided over whether the human Y chromosome will eventually vanish. But clinicians say the real concern ...

Scientists warn that the human Y chromosome has lost most of its genes over millions of years, and new research suggests ...

The male-determining sex chromosome has lost 97 percent of its ancestral genes in the last 300 million years. If that rate ...

Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks ...

Two separate groups of biologists reported fusing entire sets of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosomes together, and ...

Cell division is essential for the correct transmission of genetic information. Each chromosome within a plant contains a ...

Small, cancer-associated DNA circles "hitchhike" on chromosomes during cell division to spread efficiently to daughter cells by co-opting a process used to maintain cellular identity through ...

The human Y chromosome, responsible for male sex determination, has forfeited 97% of its ancestral genes over the past 300 million years. Evolutionary biologist Jenny Graves cautioned it "is running ...

They found that in women ages 20 to 32, about 1 in 5 eggs carried a chromosome error. But after 32, that number started ...

Jaylen Brown offered one of the most unusual compliments to the Raptors' young star, Scottie Barnes has ever received.