Researchers from Skoltech, the University of Potsdam, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a ...

A research team from The University of Osaka, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has uncovered a new molecular mechanism underlying chromosome alignment during cell ...

A research team from the University of Osaka, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has uncovered ...

Modern genetics reveals that over 50 genes across many chromosomes—not just X and Y—govern sex development. The term “sex ...

Human egg cells are often prone to chromosomal errors. As women age, the error rate increases sharply—and can contribute to ...

Standard laboratory tests can fail to detect many disease-causing DNA changes. Now, a novel 3D chromosome mapping method can ...

Human biological sex is determined by the sex chromosomes X and Y. In most cases, females possess two X chromosomes, while ...

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