In the past, Graves has called the Y chromosome the "DNA junkyard". Creating lots of copies of a gene can boost the odds that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What makes you, you? Every human cell has a pair of chromosomes that give your body a blueprint for how to grow and develop ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have taken a big step in solving the mystery around why animals evolve sex chromosomes. It had long been proposed that sex chromosomes evolve to reduce ...

The California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) is native to the coast of California and Mexico and is identified by their bright blue eyespots. (Roger T. Hanlon/Marine Biological Labratory) ...

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have taken a big step in solving the mystery around why animals evolve sex chromosomes. It had long been proposed that sex chromosomes ...

The octopus just revealed another one of its secrets: what determines its sex. University of Oregon researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Here’s a quick reality check: ice cream sales go up in summer, and so do drownings. But no one thinks Ben & Jerry's is a silent killer. It’s correlation, not causation. Yet this same logical ...