Stem cell IVF could enable same-sex couples and single parents to have genetically related children. It’s time to think ...

A team of scientists at the University of Seville has identified an essential process that protects DNA integrity in reproductive cells, providing new clues about how organisms avoid genetic defects ...

Older mice have more new mutations -- changes in DNA sequence that occur in the individual rather than being inherited from a parent -- than younger mice in the genomes of their mitochondria, ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- While humans can’t renew their reproductive cells and organs if damaged, many invertebrates can as part of whole-body regeneration. Understanding how and why could have major ...

New research has mapped the cell types that specialise to form reproductive organs in both sexes, identifying key genes and signals that drive this process. The findings offer important insights into ...

Scientists have known that sex-determination in vertebrates happens in the germ cells, a body's reproductive cells, and the somatic cells, the cells that are not reproductive cells. Yet they have not ...

It’s not just about chromosomes. Or reproductive cells. Or any other binary metric. Many genetic, environmental and developmental variations can produce what are thought of as masculine and feminine ...

A DNA probing technique clarifies the mechanism behind clonal reproduction of female dojo loach fish, also providing insight into the ancestral origin of the clonal population. A DNA probing technique ...