Humans have about 3 billion DNA bases in their genetic makeup. However, most of it does not encode for protein.

Researchers are gaining a new appreciation for the genes on the X and Y chromosomes and how they shape sex differences in ...

A study reports that a single nucleotide variant in the genome can make an XY individual develop as female and an XX ...

Bar-Ilan University researchers use CRISPR tool to alter Enh13 switch controlling Sox9 gene, causing XX mice to develop as ...

The scientist who discovered the SRY gene test that the International Olympic Committee is now relying on to determine athletes' eligibility for women's events says it should not be used in such a ...

Changing just a single base in a specific DNA region of a female mouse embryo led to the development of male reproductive organs. A research team led by Nitzan Gonen at Bar-Ilan University in Israel h ...

One extra letter of DNA. That was all it took to override an entire chromosome’s worth of instructions and turn a female ...

Kisspeptin sits at the center of one of the most critical control systems in human reproduction, but it’s still widely ...

Most aquaculture species have long maturation periods that limit breeding efficiency. Here, researchers from the Institute of ...

A single DNA letter, inserted into a stretch of the genome that doesn’t code for any protein, was enough to turn genetically ...

Oh, to be a fly on the wall in Saxonworld! Many years ago South African Airways used to run an advertisement which stated, ...

In addition to the artificially induced LSD state, there are other, naturally occurring temporary states in which there is a collapse of the normal routines by which the mind ordinarily processes the ...