Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating ...

Discover how researchers identified an octopus' ancient sex chromosomes and why their genetic history is such a mystery.

The octopus just revealed another one of its secrets: what determines its sex. University of Oregon researchers have ...

Cephalopods may have the oldest sex chromosomes of any animal, according to a new discovery in the octopus genome. That's a ...

UCSF researchers found that brain cells age more quickly when they rely solely on the X chromosome inherited from a female's ...

What stands out the most about this ancient cephalopod sex chromosome is how little the chromosome has changed over time.

Researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has likely been around for 480 million years, since before octopuses split apart from the nautilus on ...

Scientists published a full genetic sequence of the genes that make some white campions male, and hope their work could ...

Breast cancers can be classified into subgroups that hint at the aggressiveness of the cancer and the likelihood that the ...

People with shorter telomeres, the protective caps at the end of chromosomes, inside their white blood cells may be more ...

Study reveals the impact of X chromosome on brain aging in women. Learn how maternal and paternal X chromosome can influence cognitive abilities.