In 2002, evolutionary biologist Jenny Graves shared a controversial calculation. The human Y chromosome, she wrote two years ...

Earlier this year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged that the search for autism's cause—a ...

Researchers at the Crick have uncovered which genes on the Y chromosome regulate the development of sperm and impact fertility in male mice. This research could help us understand why some men don't ...

Small, cancer-associated DNA circles "hitchhike" on chromosomes during cell division to spread efficiently to daughter cells ...

The human Y chromosome, responsible for male sex determination, has forfeited 97% of its ancestral genes over the past 300 million years. Evolutionary biologist Jenny Graves cautioned it "is running ...

The Y chromosome, carrier of male identity, is slowly fading away. Does its gradual disappearance signal the end of the human species? A recent discovery in Japanese spiny rats offers a glimmer of ...

Developing elite fruit cultivars typically requires long breeding cycles, especially in perennial woody species.

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To address these challenges, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) ...

Potatoes are one of the world's most important food crops, yet genetic improvements to increase tuber yield and quality have ...

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia. Domesticated species are the plants and animals that have evolved to live ...

India’s rare disease care relies on crowdfunding as costly therapies outstrip public support. Government aid is capped and ...

A new study, published today in Nature Communications, reveals the specific genetic factors linked to the presence of ...