Chimp and human Y chromosomes evolving faster than expected
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 13:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Contrary to a widely held scientific theory that the mammalian Y chromosome is slowly decaying or stagnating, new evidence suggests that in fact the Y is actually evolving quite rapidly through continuous, wholesale renovation.
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