www.scientificamerican.com2 weeks agoOMG scienceThe Earliest Known Animal Sex Chromosome is 480 Million Years OldOctopuses possess a sex chromosome that has been conserved for over 480 million years, the oldest known in any animal. [ more ]
Ars Technica8 months agoOMG scienceScientists identify first known prehistoric person with Turner syndromeScientists have used a computational method to identify the first prehistoric person with Turner syndrome, a genetic condition The study also identified individuals with Jacobs syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, and Down syndrome from various time periods [ more ]
www.scientificamerican.com8 months agoScienceHow Supergenes Shape EvolutionSupergenes, regions of suppressed recombination in the genome, have been found in various organisms and are not limited to sex chromosomes. These supergenes can regulate a variety of traits, including social organization. [ more ]