One of the two chromosomes (X and Y) that determine the sex of an individual.
Non-invasive prenatal testing to detect chromosomal abnormalities in twin pregnancies is not as accurate as in singleton pregnancies...
Scientists have found a section of non-coding DNA that determines what genitals mice develop...
Scientists have identified a new gene for ovarian cancer risk that may be passed down from fathers to their daughters...
Current prenatal chromosome screening tests could miss rare chromosomal abnormalities and lead to inaccurate results...
Cells from genetically infertile male mice have been turned into sperm, and used to produce healthy pups...
Abnormal results from a non-invasive prenatal test for fetal chromosome abnormality may indicate the presence of previously undetected cancers in some mothers....
The recent news reports that Ammar Zibden, a Palestinian imprisoned in Israel, has managed to smuggle his sperm out of prison and become a father highlight a number of problematic issues...
A test has been developed to determine the sex of a fetus from only five weeks old. The test relies on a blood sample from the mother and therefore carries no risk to the child...
Men may not be on the brink of extinction after all, according to a study on the evolution of the human Y chromosome. Previous research has suggested that the Y sex chromosome, carried only by men, is decaying genetically at such a rate that men would become extinct in five million years' time...
American researchers have for the first time created mice with genetically two male parents. In a three-step process, utilising stem cell technology to create induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS)...
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