Females have one active X chromosome and one dormant X chromosome in each cell. But a study suggests that genes on the ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For ...

Researchers found that a gene on the Y chromosome influences how aortic valve stenosis progresses differently in males and ...

Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a ...

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how ...

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease -- aortic valve stenosis -- progresses differently in males and females.

A study led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego sheds new light on how a type of heart valve disease, called aortic valve ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves.

Human biology is not black and white. Although newborns are typically categorized as male or female at birth based on visible ...

The ovary is the female gonad, which houses egg cells. Women are born with all the eggs they will ever have, and each egg is ...

Many sports federations now have more exclusions for the women's category to limit the participation of transgender athletes.