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Posts tagged Genetics of Sex (16 results)

An ancient regulator of sex development
March 12, 2019

A Wnt protein involved in the formation of the human ovary plays an important role in female zebrafish sex development.    Even though zebrafish are...

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Athlete’s foot fungus varies little around the globe
July 18, 2018

Sexual reproduction is scarce in skin infection culprit. While some people love to feel the burn during a workout, we generally seek that sensation in...

Much of Mendel's research on genetics was conducted using pea plants. Image credit: by Ruslana Babenkovia via Pixabay, CC0 license.

Sperm and eggs don’t always join at random
December 26, 2017

Choosing a mate is hardly random. During courtship in the diploid phase of our life cycle, we often employ elaborate rituals and biological signals to...

Frontiers of Knowledge: An Interview with 2017 Edward Novitski Prize Recipient Jonathan Hodgkin
December 4, 2017

The Genetics Society of America’s Edward Novitski Prize recognizes a single experimental accomplishment or a body of work in which an exceptional level of creativity...

Only female yellow-fever mosquitoes drink blood. They can also spread dengue fever and Zika virus. Photo by the Centers for Disease Control.

Fast-evolving female-biased genes defy expectations in mosquitoes
August 28, 2017

Genes involved in male reproduction tend to evolve rapidly. This has been observed in many different species and is thought to be due to sexual...

The June cover of G3 features cross sections of testes from the CC lines.

Behind the cover: Male infertility in the mouse Collaborative Cross
June 13, 2017

Fascinating discoveries sometimes emerge from the most daunting of experimental roadblocks. Designed to generate over 1,000 recombinant inbred mice lines for genetic mapping, the Collaborative...

Jonathan Hodgkin is the winner of the 2017 Novitski Prize.

Jonathan Hodgkin awarded the 2017 Novitski Prize
March 21, 2017

We are pleased to announce that Jonathan Hodgkin, PhD is the 2017 recipient of the Edward Novitski Prize in recognition of his extraordinary creativity and...

Metamorphosing froglets of Xenopus borealis used in this study. Photo by Adam Bewick.

Sex chromosome turnover in frogs hints at evolutionary patterns
November 30, 2016

Sex chromosomes have evolved from autosomes hundreds of times across the tree of life. In mammals, sex is controlled by the Y chromosome-linked gene SRY,...

Nettie Stevens

Nettie Stevens: Sex chromosomes and sexism
March 31, 2016

At the time of her death in 1912, Nettie Maria Stevens was a biologist of enough repute to be eulogized in the journal Science by...

Calvin Bridges: Bringing genes down to earth
January 8, 2016

When sharp-eyed 20-year-old Calvin Bridges entered Columbia University in 1909, the word “gene” had just been coined. At that time, the term was profoundly abstract,...

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