A new study provides new insight into height differences between adult men and women, demonstrating that Y chromosome genes contribute more to height than their X chromosome counterparts. A Geisinger ...

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The sex chromosomes X and Y are non-homologous, meaning they do not share many gene sequences or structures, but both contain a gene called SHOX located in pseudoautosomal region 1 (PAR1), a small ...

New research led by Professor Yogesh Dwivedi at the University of Alabama at Birmingham uncovers how long noncoding RNAs engage chromatin-silencing machinery under glucocorticoid receptor activation, ...

What if the brain's response to stress could be read not in fleeting neurotransmitter bursts, but in the quieting of genes deep inside chromatin? Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham ...

Genes that are switched on or off in the human brain differ between men and women. Moreover, these differences are not uniform. They vary across cortical regions and cell types. Scientists at the ...

Last week, the International Olympic Committee announced it will determine whether athletes are eligible for women’s events by mandating a once-in-a-lifetime screening for the male-determining gene, ...