Lately, it seems everywhere we look there’s a new story about DNA discoveries. From long-lost siblings to adoptees, DNA testing has become a very important tool for genealogists. It can ...

A new paper published in Nature on June 4 shines light on how an enigmatic part of male aging—the loss of Y chromosomes—is ...

Researchers from the University of Arizona have unveiled that coordinated Y chromosome loss in both cancer cells and immune ...

To Shakespeare's Hamlet, we humans are "the paragon of animals." But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans ...

A study initiated by a University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center physician-scientist defined for the first time how ...

Scientists studied the genetic makeup of seven Maya individuals—including one who was the victim of human sacrifice.

That genetic traces of the original population disappear completely is unusual, especially in South America,” said geneticist ...

Department of Biomedical Science, Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Biofunction, Graduate School of Medical Science, and ‡ Chromosome Engineering Research Center, Tottori University, 683-8503, ...