For a long time, we’ve been sold the idea that Genghis Khan, the 13th-century founder of the Mongol Empire, was so phenomenally prolific that one in 200 men alive today carries his exact Y chromosome.

Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from their cells as they age. But because the Y bears few genes other than for male ...

As men age, they lose parts of the Y chromosome. Research suggests this may have a greater impact on health than previously assumed.

Men losing Y chromosomes as they age may face a higher risk of heart disease, cancer, and reduced life expectancy. Here’s ...

Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from some of their cells as they age — a process once thought to be harmless because the Y ...

By late middle age, as many as four in ten men have quietly lost the Y chromosome in some blood cells. Scientists are now ...

Stowers Institute researchers identified the precise fusion point of a chromosome variant that may contribute to infertility ...

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 ...

Neil Hunter, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, has discovered a crucial step in how chromosomes stay connected during the development for egg cells and sperm, ...

New @hopkinskimmel research finds extra copies of chromosome 1q may drive the earliest stages of pancreatic cancer. › ...

Conventional investigations of the genetic contributors to Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk and progression have ignored the role of the X-chromosome, primarily due to technical analysis limitations. To ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological and developmental condition that can be diagnosed at any age, although the symptoms tend to appear in the first two years of a patient's life. ASD can ...