Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that DNA inside the cell nucleus naturally folds into a network of ...

At a seminar hosted by the physics department, a Georgetown graduate spoke to students and faculty about how chromosomes assume their characteristic “X” shape during cell division. The Jan. 31 talk, ...

Researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have made a foundational discovery about chromosome biology through their work on the first-ever human pangenome reference. Published ...

In what might be a surprise for some, the male sex chromosome is far more complex than its female counterpart. This is why it’s taken scientists so long to work out exactly what makes a male a male.

A biology professor at a community college in San Antonio says he was fired for teaching students that sex is determined by X and Y chromosomes. He said he was told his lessons were ‘offensive and ...