Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) have identified how a key enzyme called ATR protects DNA from ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Scientists have taken an important step forward in understanding the human genome - our genetic blueprint - by fully deciphering the enigmatic Y chromosome present in ...

Chromosome 6p deletion and ADHD share overlapping white matter abnormalities that may underlie similar neurodevelopmental ...

The chromosome associated with male development, which is the last mysterious piece of the human genome, has been fully sequenced by a team of more than 100 researchers around the world, including ...

The 23 rd chromosome base pair contains what are known as our sex chromosomes. For most females, this pair contains two X chromosomes, while for most males, it contains one X chromosome and one Y ...

Six men scattered across Italy share something extraordinary with Leonardo da Vinci: the same Y chromosome that passed, father to son, through at least 15 generations of the da Vinci family.

Chromosomes carry genetic information for biological sex, which generally assigns women two X chromosomes and men XY ...