X chromosome

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The team analyzed modern human DNA preserved in Neanderthals, and found an abundance on the X chromosome -- the mirror opposite of humans.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Genomic sequencing also revealed that D. catalonica has a haploid chromosome number of four autosomes plus one X chromosome, while D. tilosensis has six autosomes and one X chromosome.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

Researchers suspected that the mutation causing the condition was somewhere on the X chromosome, because females, which have two X chromosomes, are less affected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

This tallies with the fact that the gene is carried on the X chromosome.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

The sex is thus determined by the male gamete, the X chromosome united with that of the female gamete producing female individuals, while the Y united with X produces male individuals.

From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.