The nucleus of each human body cell contains 46 chromosomes. Each chromosome contains about 1000 genes. There is enough DNA in all the cells in a human body to stretch to the sun and back again ...

Deep within the cells of mice, a genetic arms race is unfolding between X and Y chromosome genes, battling for dominance in ...

Now nonchromosomal genes have been identified by the traditional methods of genetic analysis There has been evidence for many years that hereditary information exists apart from the chromosomal genes.

How do sex chromosomes affect intelligence? Created with Sketch. The X chromosome carries at least 150 genes linked to intelligence. Since the mother has two X chromosomes to pass along while the ...

Several studies have shown that intelligence is only passed down from one parent, and all indicate that it is the mother who ...

Females, on the other hand, usually carry two X chromosomes — one from mom and one from dad. But each cell needs only one X ...

UTA scientists reveal how the flowerpot snake repairs DNA and provides insights into human genetic conditions like Down ...

In evolutionary terms, fitness is defined as an organism's ability to survive and reproduce its genes into the next ...

Dr Tatini Rakshit, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, highlights how innovative approaches like chromosome analysis and AFM could signific ...

For generations, a tiny piece of DNA has mastered the art of inheritance by hijacking the yeast cell’s division machinery, ...

It wasn’t that simple. These outcomes are controlled not by a few genes but by thousands of tiny variants across all your chromosomes, far too many to be just zapped away. Scientists did get ...