Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research in London and Linköping University in Sweden have discovered how cells prevent ...

the function of all eukaryotic centromeres has been strongly conserved during evolution. This article focuses on the centromeres of mammalian chromosomes, particularly those in humans. Much of ...

The path from the initial discovery of sex chromosomes in 1891 to an understanding of their true function was paved by the diligent efforts of multiple scientists over the course of many years.

The X chromosome is larger and commands more regulatory functions throughout the brain and body. While diseases such as color-blindness and hemophilia have long been understood to be X-linked ...

The enigmatic Y chromosome has a tendency to disappear from cells with age. Now, research is revealing the long-term impacts ...

Related: Faster brain aging tied to X chromosome inherited from Mom In menopause, estrogen levels plummet. The hormone has many functions in the brain, including helping shuttle fuel from the ...

Future studies will likely focus on unraveling the complexities of chromosome structure, function, and regulation, as well as developing new technologies for manipulating and analyzing chromosomes.

As it turns out, the chromosome also has important functions beyond determining sex. According to a study published July 14 in Science, a lack of the Y chromosome in bone marrow cells causes heart ...

About 97 percent of the genome consists of sequences that don't code for proteins and have no known function. Within the rest of the genome are an estimated 70,000 genes. The single chromosome ...

In the journal Science, they explain that the genes are arranged by function: If they become increasingly ... Are genes distributed randomly along the bacterial chromosome, as if scattered from ...