The most important part of the Y chromosome is the master sex gene called SRY, which triggers a fetus' development as a biological male. "The X and Y were once upon a time just an ordinary pair of ...

The answer could lie in exceptional DNA. Scientists at UC San Francisco have found that parts of our chromosomes have evolved at breakneck speeds to give us an edge in brain development compared ...

Flemming divided mitosis into two broad parts: a progressive phase, during which the chromosomes condensed and aligned at the center of the spindle, and a regressive phase, during which the sister ...

The central part of each nucleosome (core particle ... that leads to a high compaction of the chromatin filaments in ...

Aguado's work is part of a growing body of research exploring ... approach—one that accounts for the influence of X and Y chromosomes in shaping disease. That shift is already yielding insights ...

Utrecht University has appointed Bas van Steensel as Special Professor of Chromosome Biology. Van Steensel will lead fundamental research into how chromosomes function and how genetic information is ...

In the latter part of the nineteenth century and the until ... in different fields began to reconcile the findings of genetics and inheritance with Darwin's theory and its emphasis on natural ...

Of the various parts of the cell cycle ... This process involves replication of the cell's chromosomes, segregation of the copied DNA, and splitting of the parent cell's cytoplasm.

The answer could lie in exceptional DNA. Scientists at UC San Francisco found that parts of our chromosomes have evolved at breakneck speeds to give us an edge in brain development compared to apes.