Macquarie University researchers have worked with an international team of scientists to achieve a major milestone in ...

Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, including a pair of sex chromosomes (typically XX for females, and XY for males). Chromosomes contain hundreds to thousands of genes, which are sections of DNA ...

Researchers at the Crick have uncovered which genes on the Y chromosome regulate the development of sperm and impact ...

Scientists have completed construction of the final chromosome in the worlds' first synthetic yeast genome following more than a decade of work, opening new possibilities for creating resilient, ...

Women are born with two X chromosomes and inherit one from each parent. But in every cell of their body, just one X ...

The completion of chromosome synXVI allows scientists to explore new possibilities in metabolic engineering and strain ...

Researchers say study represents a resource that could also help to dissect Y-gene functions in other tissues.

Science has revealed some of the secrets of the X chromosome, but many remain. In humans, female cells contain two X ...