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Why the Y chromosome is vanishing and what this means for the future
The Week via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMale karyotype with X and Y chromosomes. The biological sex of a human being is determined by which...
Scientists made mice with Y chromosomes female by deleting just 6 tiny molecules
Live Science· 1 week agoIllustration of the X chromosome floating next to a Y chromosome. Both are depicted in green and...
Researchers Make Promising Breakthrough in Cancer Research
Prevention via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew research shows that the male X chromosome is silenced in some types of cancer. Researchers...
The Y chromosome is disappearing. Here’s what it means for men
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoScientists are monitoring the degradation of the Y chromosome in humans, and explaining what it...
The human Y chromosome has finally been fully sequenced, 20 years after the 1st draft
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIllustration of human Y chromosome with DNA strands shown inside The Y chromosome, associated with...
What's in a Y chromosome? Researchers mapped what makes males biologically distinct
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTwo decades after the human genome sequence was completed, researchers have finally finished a map...
The Male Y Chromosome Has Finally Been Completely Sequenced
Futurism via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe human Y chromosome, the determinant of male sex, has finally been completely sequenced. What the...
Men lose Y chromosomes with age, and it might increase their risk of bladder cancer
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe typical human cell has 23 sets of chromosomes, including one set of chromosomes. The options, XY...
Lupus and other autoimmune diseases strike far more women than men. Now there's a clue why
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWomen are far more likely than men to get autoimmune diseases, when an out-of-whack immune system...
Scientists have created mice with two biological fathers. They say the technique could one day be...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMicroscopic view of cells on the left, alongside a stock image of miceK. Hayashi/Kyushu University...