Modern genetics reveals that over 50 genes across many chromosomes—not just X and Y—govern sex development. The term “sex ...
Human egg cells are often prone to chromosomal errors. As women age, the error rate increases sharply—and can contribute to ...
She had to fight for recognition after a male colleague took credit for her work in identifying an extra chromosome as the ...
Standard laboratory tests can fail to detect many disease-causing DNA changes. Now, a novel 3D chromosome mapping method can ...
The Atlas blue butterfly, which is native to Morocco and Algeria, is an intriguing case study for genetic scientists because the insect’s genome, or the complete set of its genetic makeup, has been ...
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This undated image provided by the Mitalipov Laboratory at Oregon Health & Science University shows a a microscope image of a human egg that contains a nucleus taken from a skin cell. (Mitalipov ...
In the quest to create better options for couples facing infertility, scientists have been racing to create eggs and sperm in a laboratory dish. A study published Tuesday in Nature Communications from ...
In the wild mountain ranges of Morocco and northeast Algeria, there’s a small, shimmering butterfly that most people have never heard of. It flutters through cedar forests and scrubby hillsides, ...
Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the Institut de Biologia Evolutiva in Spain have sequenced the genome of a female Atlas blue butterfly (Polyommatus atlantica) and found that it has 227 ...
Cannabis use could impact the quality of a women's eggs and embryos, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications. In their study, pharmacologist Cyntia Duval and ...