Despite the immense amount of genetic material present in each cell, around 3 billion base pairs in humans, this material ...

Nucleosomes are barriers to RNA Polymerase II (Pol II) transcribing along gene bodies in eukaryotes. We found that a fragile “tailless nucleosome” could be generated to resolve the Pol II pausing ...

Researchers discover that insect sex systems influence the speed of mitochondrial evolution, impacting biodiversity tracking ...

ABSTRACT: Based on the number of available sites for adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine on all DNA strands, the information theoretical entropy as well as the configurational entropy of a DNA ...

Earlier this year, Theodorescu and his team explained for the first time how losing the Y chromosome in immune cells could affect immune system function. They showed that cells lacking the Y ...

Men inherit their Y chromosome much the way families pass down a favorite pocketknife – practically unchanged from father to son. For decades, biologists treated this tiny stretch of DNA as little ...

Tiny, spiny echidnas and the duck‑billed platypus already look like misfits, but the bigger oddity hides in their DNA. For most mammals, a gene on the Y chromosome called SRY flips the switch for ...

Introduction: The livestock industry has witnessed a notable increase in the proportion of male calves born following artificial insemination with cryopreserved semen, hinting at a possible ...

The Y chromosome can disappear over time in human males, which may introduce a number of health problems. While the exact trigger for such degeneration is unknown, environmental factors can play a ...

It’s not just about chromosomes. Or reproductive cells. Or any other binary metric. Many genetic, environmental and developmental variations can produce what are thought of as masculine and feminine ...

Scientists published a full genetic sequence of the genes that make some white campions male, and hope their work could unlock how the flower got that way. By Veronique Greenwood The vast majority of ...

The Y Chromosome in male humans is gradually degenerating, which may mean the end of the human race. Credit: Flickr / Sekgei Public Domain The Y chromosome, which contains the male-determining gene in ...