the macronucleus and the micronucleus (Figure 1). The micronucleus is the germ-line nucleus that contains five normal pairs of chromosomes, but it is transcriptionally inactive under most ...

Females (XX) carry twice as many X-linked genes on their sex chromosomes as males (XY ... of tortoiseshell or calico cats (Figure 1). In cats, the fur pigmentation gene is X-linked, and depending ...

While genetics studies have identified mutations that increase the risk of developing type 1 diabetes, the gene pool alone cannot fully explain who is susceptible to the disease. Altindis and ...