Archive
Keyword - X chromosome
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Women get extra dose of X-chromosome genes
Data may help to explain differences between women and men.
16 March 2005
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Female eggs grown in male testes
Study gives clue to how genes and environment create sex cells.
28 February 2005
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Y chromosome reveals hidden sequence
Extra genes may determine men's height and health.
19 January 2005
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Duck-billed platypus boasts ten sex chromosomes
Odd mammal hints at evolutionary origin of sex determination.
25 October 2004
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Y chromosome sequence completed
DNA readout reveals genetic palindromes safeguard male-defining chromosome.
19 June 2003
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Heat could flip sex switch
Testicles may be on the outside in the interests of equality.
25 April 2003
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Prenatal exposure to a cannabinoid agonist produces memory deficits linked to dysfunction in hippocampal long-term potentiation and gluatmate release
Rats exposed to cannabis in womb have learning and memory problems.
25 March 2003
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Shutting up the X
A gene that gags the X chromosome keeps females alive.
23 July 2001
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Missing gene emasculates mice
We're one step closer to understanding how some animals develop into males and others females.
23 March 2001
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The Y chromosome: goldmine and junkyard
12 February 2001
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