A cytogenetic survey of eight wild alfalfa populations from Türkiye's Lake Region confirms their autotetraploid status and ...

Research suggests X and Y chromosomes may influence aging and disease risk, beyond determining biological sex.

Japanese researchers used CRISPR-Cas9 to remove the extra chromosome 21 from cells in a lab. It’s a real breakthrough — but ...

For decades, technical limitations and entrenched expectations shaped chromosome counts, illustrating how accepted scientific ideas can persist despite conflicting evidence.

New research shows that loss of the tumour suppressor LATS1 on chromosome 6q drives Hippo pathway dysregulation in ultra-high ...

The near-neutral model of B chromosome evolution predicts that population invasion is quite fast. To test this prediction, in 1994, we introduced males of the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans from a ...

A landmark review published in Science reveals that sex chromosomes actively govern cellular aging, cardiac resilience, and ...

A new study reveals that the loss of the Y chromosome in men’s body tissue could pave the way for cancer to develop in that ...

Results provide framework for uncovering regulatory variants in other X chromosome neurodevelopmental genes that may ...

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