Ancient virus determines babies' sex

Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 09:50 in Biology & Nature

Brooks HaysNEW HAVEN, Conn., March 31 (UPI) -- New research suggests some embryos have a marker that can turn ancient virus DNA off, silencing the X chromosome and producing males at a 2-1 ratio.

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