Aging men often lose the Y chromosome in a growing number of their cells—and it may be far more dangerous than once believed.
Recent studies connect Y chromosome loss with several serious health conditions. These include heart disease, brain disorders ...
Loss of the Y chromosome in circulating blood cells rises with age and is associated with increased heart attack risk, even ...
Background Chromosome 19 is the most gene-dense chromosome in the human genome, with a high frequency of segmental ...
A study explains how broken DNA during cell division can trigger chromoanasynthesis when two repair pathways combine, causing ...
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Researchers at Cardiff University have uncovered how a particularly severe form of DNA damage arises—shedding new light on mutation processes that contribute to cancer and inherited genetic conditions ...
A quarter of North Korean defectors from regions near the northeastern Punggye-ri nuclear test site have shown chromosome ...
Genomic analysis of three Neanderthals shows unusually high modern human DNA on the X chromosome offering clues about ...