06 December 2022
The Y Chromosome Is Slowly Vanishing. A New Sex Gene Could Be The
Future of Men
The sex of human and other mammal babies is decided by a
male-determining gene on the Y chromosome. But the human Y chromosome
is degenerating and may disappear in a few million years, leading to
our extinction unless we evolve a new sex gene.
The good news is two branches of rodents have already lost their Y
chromosome and have lived to tell the tale.
A new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science shows
how the spiny rat has evolved a new male-determining gene.
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-y-chromosome-is-slowly-vanishing-a-new-sex-gene-could-be-the-future-of-men
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