News tagged with male sex chromosome
Men can rest easy -- sex chromosomes are here to stay
Fears that sex-linked chromosomes, such as the male Y chromosome, are doomed to extinction have been refuted in a new genetic study which examines the sex chromosomes of chickens.
May 08, 2012 |
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'Achilles' heel' in Y chromosome linked to sex disorders
The unique mechanism behind the evolutionary survival of the human Y chromosome may also be responsible for a range of sex disorders, from failed sperm production to sex reversal to Turner Syndrome.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Inbreeding insects cast light on longer female lifespans
Inbreeding can unexpectedly extend male lifespan. Insect experiments described in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have shown that, in seed beetles, inbreeding causes males to live longer, while shortening ...
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Not only humans compensate: Dosage compensation of sex chromosomes in plants
Swiss researchers have found evidence that plants also "invented" the dosage compensation of sex chromosomes. They detected this phenomenon in the white campion.
May 16, 2012 |
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Adam's rib, revisited: Evolutionary divergence of mammalian sex chromosomes
(Phys.org) -- Males and females... Mars and Venus... XY and XX chromosomes -- all are common memes. At the same time, the evolution of therian (placental and marsupial) sex chromosomes is less widely understood. ...
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Promiscuous queen bees maintain genetic diversity
By mating with nearly 100 males, queen bees on isolated islands avoid inbreeding and keep colonies healthy.
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Fortunately for men, size doesn't matter (much)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from The Australian National University have discovered that the male-specific Y-chromosome is shrinking – and it’s happening at different rates across species.
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Worms can evolve to survive intersex populations
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sexually reproducing species need at least two sexes in order to produce offspring, but there are many ways that nature produces different sexes. Many animals (including humans and other mammals) ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Scientists construct, to maintain complementary DNA libraries of first lizard genome sequence
Scientists at Indiana University Bloomington's Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics are credited with constructing the cDNA libraries for the first-ever genome sequence of a non-bird reptile, the North American ...
Sep 30, 2011 |
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Bijou's abnormally large clitoris leads to big surprise
Bijou is an 18-month old French bulldog that appears perfectly normal at first glance. She is healthy and her behavior is exemplary. However, her owner brought her to the Université de Montréal Faculty ...
Sep 22, 2011 |
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New thinking on regulation of sex chromosomes in fruit flies
Fruit flies have been indispensible to our understanding of genetics and biological processes in all animals, including humans. Yet, despite being one of the most studied of animals, scientists are still finding the fruit ...
Sep 19, 2011 |
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First German genome comprehensively resolved at its molecular level
Max Planck researchers analyze the two chromosome sets in the human genome separately for the first time.
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Mother tongue comes from your prehistoric father
(PhysOrg.com) -- Language change among our prehistoric ancestors came about via the arrival of immigrant men - rather than women - into new settlements, according to new research.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 09, 2011 |
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