However, he adds that it’s unclear how the loss of the Y chromosome leads to inflammation in the heart. Forsberg and his team also explored how the damage caused by a missing Y chromosome might be ...

An artistic depiction of a chromosome that is missing some of its "lights," representing rare diseases where people are missing relatively large portions of their genome from one parent.

Scientists have made an exciting discovery about octopuses: they have one of the oldest known sex chromosomes in the animal ...