Earlier this year, the often overlooked issue of differences in sex development came to the fore after two women boxers were allowed to compete in the Olympics after previously failing a gender ...

Chromosomes are tightly coiled structures in each of your cells that contain DNA, the code for all life. DNA is organized in segments on chromosomes called genes. Humans typically have 46 chromosomes ...

In female mammals, one of the two X chromosomes is usually inactive and forms the so-called Barr body. The image shows a cell nucleus with the Barr body marked in green. Unlike men, who carry one X ...

X chromosome reactivation contributes to reducing the signs of disease in the female brain. Female cells have two X chromosomes and male cells have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. So that the ...

Esra Yildiz Kahraman became the second boxer to make a hand gesture inside the ring after facing Lin Yu-ting on Wednesday. Yu-ting of Taiwan will have the chance to win gold in the women’s 57-kilogram ...