THE existence of sub-diploid chromosome numbers in the somatic tissues of mammals has for long been a matter of controversy. This had centred around several earlier reports of the normal occurrence of ...

Highly challenging to sequence and long overlooked, the human Y chromosome’s contributions to health and disease remain largely unknown. A new paper that presents, for the first time, the complete ...

Aging men often lose the Y chromosome in a growing number of their cells—and it may be far more dangerous than once believed.

Scientists now believe the Y chromosome, found in males, plays a bigger role in health and aging than once thought. Earlier, ...

Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells. Each chromosome is made of protein and a single molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Passed from ...