chromosome

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By comparison, the Y chromosome, passed from father to son, was chock-full of Asian DNA that the researchers found was common in modern-day Iran.

From New York Times

A mysterious plague kills all people with Y chromosomes, except for one man: in an instant, cis boys and men are gone, and so are trans women.

From Washington Post

In this adaptation of the comic book series, the apocalypse has wiped out all mammals with a Y chromosome — except for one man and his pet monkey.

From Seattle Times

Then, studies tracking families with multiple cases of endometriosis helped researchers zero in on a particular region of chromosome 7.

From Science Magazine

Because the gene lies on the X chromosome, the condition, which usually emerges in childhood, primarily affects boys; if a copy gets mutated, they don’t have a backup gene on a second X.

From Science Magazine