In particular, it explains that humans have one fewer chromosome pair in their cells than apes, due to a mutation found in chromosome number 2 that caused two chromosomes to fuse into one.

X-linked specific diseases usually affect only males, simply because they are hemizygous for X chromosome alleles. The fact that females carry two X chromosomes, and therefore two different ...

Building a chromosome from scratch may sound like science fiction, but scientists have actually done it-and made it work. In ...

Created with Sketch. X chromosomes are expressed differently depending on whether you are male or female. Since females have two X chromosomes, one may be expressed, or manifest in the phenotype ...

The enigmatic Y chromosome has a tendency to disappear from cells with age. Now, research is revealing the long-term impacts ...

Naturally occurring dicentric chromosomes allow examination of complex cis–acting effects that regulate kinetochore function and chromosome segregation. Dicentric chromosomes with well ...