Recent scientific discoveries have sparked considerable debate over the historical accuracy of biblical stories, specifically the existence of Adam and Eve. New evidence suggests that these ...

The Y chromosome is one of the smallest of the 46 human chromosomes, but it has been the most difficult for researchers to read. Until recently, more than half of it was unassembled. Having the full ...

In fact, the Y chromosome is the most rapidly changing human chromosome, and even the most rapidly changing chromosome among great apes. This means two healthy people’s Y chromosomes can look very ...

In most cases, females possess two X chromosomes, while males have one X and one Y. However, there is some evidence that the Y chromosome is being phased out of the evolutionary pipeline, ...

Each human cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes that carry DNA within their nucleus. The X and Y chromosomes, commonly referred to as the sex chromosomes, are one such pair. They determine the ...

Along with the fully sequenced chromosome, an additional 43 Y chromosomes, ... "The biggest surprise was how organized the repeats are," said coauthor of one of the studies Adam Phillippy at ...

Mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosomal Adam—two individuals who passed down a portion of their genomes to the vast expanse of humanity—are known as our most recent common ancestors, or MRCAs. But ...

Adam Phillippy, a senior investigator in the computational and statistical genomics branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, and Kateryna Makova, a ...

Men lose Y chromosomes with age, and it might increase their risk of bladder cancer. The case of the missing Y chromosome and aggressive cancer growth is partially solved.

Though small, the Y chromosome has intimidated many researchers because it has so many repetitive bits of DNA, says Adam Phillippy, a bioinformatics researcher at the U.S. National Human Genome ...