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

For the first time, researchers have created mice with two biologically male parents by manipulating the chromosomes inside a stem cell.

From Scientific American

The research, still in its early stages, involved turning male XY sex chromosomes into female XX ones.

From BBC

In both types of ants, one chromosome carries a collection of genes that are all inherited together and can control important traits and functions, known as a supergene.

From New York Times

But for the trees they planted in Georgia, they turned to an older and cruder technique known as the gene gun method, which essentially blasts foreign genes into the trees’ chromosomes.

From New York Times