In humans and many other animals, specific chromosomes determine sex. But how did researchers discover these so-called sex chromosomes? Throughout the many observations that led to this conclusion ...

The Bachelor of Animal Science (Animal Genetics and Breeding) is ideal for you if you have an interest in genetics in relation to animals. You’ll learn: how effective breeding strategies can both ...

This must be a huge cost to the animal," Axel Meyer, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Konstanz, told Science ...

The evolution of many chromosomal features—from 'wannabe centromere' knob elements in maize to even bona fide centromeres on plant and animal chromosomes—can be explained by this simple process.

Others cells in your body contain 46 chromosomes: 23 from your father and 23 from your mother. Your egg (or sperm) cells contain only half that number—a total of 23 chromosomes. When an egg and ...