A groundbreaking study explores the overlooked X-chromosome’s role in Alzheimer’s disease, revealing seven genetic loci ...

Two new, preliminary papers identify a gene related to a cat’s coloration. The work also explains why tortoiseshell and ...

Now, though, it seems that scientists have finally cracked the code (no pun intended) as to what on earth is going on with ...

Garfield, star of the eponymous comic strip created by Jim Davis in 1978, is, like many of the cats that roam our homes, ...

For all other animals, including redheaded humans, we know what causes this characteristic colour, but surprisingly, we ...

A team led by Stanford University geneticist Greg Barsh has uncovered the genetic mutation responsible for orange fur in cats ...

“It's really great to see such a large-scale study of this magnitude.” During early female development, one of the two X chromosomes is transcriptionally silenced through X inactivation. This ensures ...

After launching into space almost 50 years ago, NASA’s Voyager probes are reaching the end of their lives. The nuclear ...

Both Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting failed an unspecified gender eligibility test in 2023 and were disqualified from the world ...