How to Use Y chromosome in a Sentence

Y chromosome

noun

• The X chromosome is packed with hundreds of genes, far more than males’ much smaller Y chromosome.
  — TIME, 2024-02-02
• Females usually have two X chromosomes, while males tend to have one X and one Y chromosome.
  — Devika Rao, theweek, 2024-03-14
• Men with few Y chromosomes in their blood cells, for instance, are more prone to heart disease, neurological conditions and cancer.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 2023-06-21
• Female cells have two X chromosomes, whereas males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome (at least in mammals).
  — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 2024-02-06
• Doctors recommended banking one’s own stool for gut rejuvenation in old age, and the loss of Y chromosomes among aging men leads to premature death.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 2022-10-21
• The tests strongly indicated that Eston had the same Y chromosome mutations seen in the Jefferson lineage.
  — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Baltimore Sun, 2024-05-04
• Sasaki expects that deleting Y chromosomes and duplicating X chromosomes won’t happen nearly as smoothly in human cells.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2023-03-15
• The next step involved pooling together 16 cancer cells from mice containing a normal Y chromosome with 16 cells missing a Y chromosome.
  — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 2023-06-22
• How the female body handles its extra X chromosome (the male body has just one plus a Y chromosome) might be a factor that helps explain why women are more susceptible to these types of disorders, a new study has suggested.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 2024-02-09