Men can rest easy -- sex chromosomes are here to stay
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 09:30
in Biology & Nature
Fears that sex-linked chromosomes, such as the male Y chromosome, are doomed to extinction have been refuted in a new genetic study which examines the sex chromosomes of chickens.
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