UCSF researchers found that brain cells age more quickly when they rely solely on the X chromosome inherited from a female's mother, rather than the one from her father. Women inherit two X ...

New research at the UO reveals that they have been using one that has existed for 480 million years. The octopus has just ...

Scientists published a full genetic sequence of the genes that make some white campions male, and hope their work could ...

This engineered genome will help experts tailor organisms to fit the needs of their ever-changing environments.

Study reveals the impact of X chromosome on brain aging in women. Learn how maternal and paternal X chromosome can influence cognitive abilities.

A Washington State University Spokane research team has made a breakthrough at the cellular level in studying the secrets of ...

Researchers from the University of Illinois have identified a key process coordinating liver maturation and polyploidization, ...

Researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has likely been around for 480 million years, since before octopuses split apart from the nautilus on ...

Scientists at University of Oregon discover one of the oldest known animal sex chromosomes in California two-spot octopus.

UMD researchers uncover key mechanisms in gene regulation that may lead to better design of RNA-based medicines.

The research suggest octopus and other cephalopods, like squid and cuttlefish, all rely on the ancient chromosome to ...

Cephalopods may have the oldest sex chromosomes of any animal, according to a new discovery in the octopus genome. That's a ...