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

Twin research tells us many things about the biological and behavioral aspects of diseases like Turner syndrome and how they ...

A gene on the X chromosome revs up inflammation in the female brain, which may explain why rates of multiple sclerosis are ...

Sex determination at birth is decided on the chromosomes the baby has. A female has two X chromosomes, whereas a male has one X and one Y chromosome. According to Medline Plus, in every cell, humans ...

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

She had to fight for recognition after a male colleague took credit for her work in identifying an extra chromosome as the ...

Scientists have decoded the Y chromosome in full for the first time. In a new article published Aug. 23 in Nature, scientists with the Telomere-to-Telomere, or T2T, consortium—a group of researchers ...

Cancer cells acquire genetic anomalies that allow them to grow and proliferate unchecked. Researchers have now found another difference between cancer cells and normal cells: the X chromosome, ...

An X chromosome gene appears to drive inflammation in the brain, and may explain why women are more likely to develop MS, per a study.