Are male genes from Mars, female genes from Venus? Review highlights sex differences in health and disease

Friday, September 11, 2020 - 12:31 in Biology & Nature

Males and females share the vast majority of their genomes. Only a sprinkling of genes, located on the so-called X and Y sex chromosomes, differ between the sexes. Nevertheless, the activities of our genes—their expression in cells and tissues—generate profound distinctions between males and females.

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