When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...

Binary polymorphisms associated with the non-recombining region of the human Y chromosome (NRY) preserve the paternal genetic legacy of our species that has persisted to the present, permitting ...

Superman syndrome, also known as 47, XYY, is a condition in which males have an additional Y chromosome.

Primary ciliary dyskinesia is an autosomal recessive condition characterised by chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, and subfertility. Situs inversus occurs in 50% of cases (Kartagener syndrome). It has ...

Flip open a high-school biology textbook, and the rule seems tidy: two X chromosomes mean girl, and an X paired with a Y means boy. That much smaller Y chromosome carries the SRY gene, which is the ...

Researchers mapped Y chromosome loss across thousands of individual cells from human cancers, with disturbing results.

The monotreme sex gene may have been found after decades of searching – and it’s not what anyone expected.