Scientists have developed a near chromosome-level genome for the Mojave poppy bee, a specialist pollinator of conservation concern. Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s ...

Agrobacterium tumefaciens magnified 15,000 times in an image captured earlier this year with a scanning electron microscope at Iowa State University's Roy J. Carver High Resolution Microscopy Facility ...

The humble Y chromosome may be the smallest chromosome in the mammalian genome (and getting even smaller), but it is mighty: Genes on the Y chromosome are critical for fertility in males. In a new ...

“This work is really important because the X chromosome has largely been excluded from genetic studies in the past,” said Amy Roberts, a molecular epidemiologist at King’s College London who was not ...

Scientists are raising concerns about the long-term future of male reproductive health. The Y chromosome, which plays a critical role in male development, is losing genetic material and may disappear ...