Researchers combined single nucleus RNA-sequencing with GWAS and UK Biobank data to show that an obesity-linked variant in ...

Conventional investigations of the genetic contributors to Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk and progression have ignored the role of the X-chromosome, primarily due to technical analysis limitations. To ...

Germline genetic screening can identify whether a patient with cancer has inherited genetic alterations in a gene or genes ...

Increased risk for autism appears to be linked to the Y chromosome, a Geisinger Health System study has found, offering a new explanation for the greater prevalence of autism in males. The results are ...

Researchers identified 624 common genetic signals associated with body fat and BMI during childhood. The results suggest childhood and adult obesity overlap biologically but are not simply the same ...

Dormant genes on the X chromosome may reawaken in old age, potentially giving the aging female brain a boost that the male brain doesn't receive. This phenomenon may help to explain why, on many ...

In men, that trace may be a missing Y chromosome in cells that still look perfectly normal, new research shows. That was the ...

A hallmark of cancerous cells is an abnormal number of chromosomes or chromosome arms, known as aneuploidy. While aneuploidy is detrimental to regular cells, it occurs in as many as 90% of tumors. How ...

The octopus just revealed another one of its secrets: what determines its sex. University of Oregon researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has ...