X and Y chromosomes: This article explains the difference between the X and Y chromosomes that are responsible for sex determination in males and females. By Atul Rawal Aug 28, 2024, 10:47 IST ...

Let us understand the difference between the X and Y chromosomes of humans here. Also, know what might happen to the Y chromosome in the future, which is thousands of years away.

The most obvious difference between interphase and mitosis involves the appearance of a cell 's chromosomes. During interphase, individual chromosomes are not visible, and the chromatin appears ...

Others discount sex differences because they’re determined by a single gene, called SRY, on the Y chromosome. But the key to difference between men and women – and chimps – lies not just in ...

Between females and males, the only genomic difference is the male Y chromosome. Using beetles, researchers have shown that despite the Y chromosome containing very few genes, it can dramatically ...

Genetic differences between human populations are typically larger for the Y-chromosome than for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which has been attributed to the ubiquity of patrilocality across human ...

Since sister chromatids are identical to each other, recombination with a sister chromatid is expected, in most cases, to be a precise way for repairing DNA damage. Recombination between 2 different ...

The team around Daniel Gerlich, PhD, senior group leader at the IMBA, developed a method to create the first high resolution map of contact points between replicated chromosomes.